In my eyes, the aviation industry has long been a contributing factor to global warming and climate change. To me, the industry has not done enough to address this problem, and they need to be held accountable for it. I found an article, How technology can help aviation go green, by Paul Willis, and it made me feel a little better about this issue because it has shown me that the industry is actually working towards reducing their emissions.
Biofuels is one option they are looking at, but some environmentalists say that the farmland needed to produce the crops which are then used to produce oil, would lead to higher food prices and more deforestation. If this is in fact true, then this option does not sound like a viable one to me. Another option being explored is using algae which forms on ponds and lakes. Scientists have been able to extract vegetable oil from this algae which can burn much longer than other biofuels and would not require us to utilize an abundance of farmland for its production. This concept seems to be the most effective, and I just hope that the airline industry continues to find ways to reduce their emissions and clean up the environment.
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Curtis, I like your posts. You mentioned your concern about the aviation industry contributing to climate change? Are you basing your concern on valid scientific data, if so can you cite them? I'm just curious.
Our company recently launched "Project Green Print". This our companies attempt to reduce our carbon foot print. We have purchase reusable dishes, began company wide recycling programs for paper, aluminum, plastics and cardboard. Each member of our staff will soon be gifted a reusable shopping bag as well.
As an engineering firm it is amazing the amount of paper waste we have per week, so I was very proud to be a part of this team. Our team meets monthly to come up with new plans on waste and carbon reduction.
I don't really have any scientific data, but it is obviously a huge concern. If cars can change climate over time due to the amount of emissions, think of the amount of emissions coming out of a plane and the effect that would have over time on the environment!
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