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Scrapping business class could halve aviation emissions, according to study (eandt.theiet.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Klöwer said: “Efficiency in aviation is often thought of as an engineering challenge: how much thrust an engine generates for a given amount of jet fuel. But operational efficiency – the amount of passenger-kilometres per unit of CO₂ emitted – has received far less attention.”

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[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

We could negative fucktouple aviation emissions by banning private jets.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Scrapping aviation could elliminate 100% of aviation emissions.