Aviation greenhouse curbs may fall short: experts - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Aviation greenhouse curbs may fall short: experts
Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:52AM EDT

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

OSLO (Reuters) - The aviation industry may be more damaging
to the environment than widely thought because aircraft not
only release carbon dioxide but they also produce other
harmful gases that warm the earth, experts said.

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He said that aviation's impact went far beyond carbon dioxide,
the main greenhouse gas, that many governments rely on for
calculations.

Aviation accounts for about 2 percent of world emissions of
carbon dioxide and projected passenger growth of 5 percent a
year will far outstrip efficiency gains from better fuel or plane
design, U.N. studies say.

Planes' climate impact may be magnified by factors including
heat-trapping nitrogen oxides that are more damaging at high
altitude. Jet condensation trails may contribute to the
formation of a blanket of high-altitude cirrus clouds.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL1515018420070815

[Nihil]

1. Someone (who shall not be named) drew my attention to this "proposal" ...

http://newsbiscuit.com/article/aircraft-to-carry-environmental-warnings-178

"Initially, the warnings will spell out, in stark language, the effect
that flying has on the world’s flora and fauna, hint at the destruction
of habitats, and will be regularly updated with the current cost of oil,
per barrel, measured in koala bears."



I know, I know ... and just to save anyone else the trouble ... :spank: