[Re: Offsetting a 'bit of a joke' says going-green airline boss, 13th October] The chief executive of
We need real change in how we fly. Frequent flyers - the 1 per cent of people who produce 50 per cent of aviation emissions - need to fly less, even if that's a challenge for low-cost airlines. This needs to be matched by three big investments from the aviation industry.
First, the technology exists to decarbonise short and medium haul flights. Work by NASA shows that new engines and radically new fuselages can cut emissions by 50 to 80 per cent. But the aviation industry isn't investing: European governments need to push Airbus into building wholly new net zero aircraft this decade. Then
Second, we need cleaner fuels for today's aircraft. The best option is ekerosene - a synthetic fuel made with clean electricity. The government should mandate airlines to switch to ekerosene and tax fossil kerosene to fund the transition.
Finally, we do need some offsets but these need to be governed properly. A new government
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