Future Fuels

Much like the tobacco industry or the fossil fuels industry, the aviation industry will have you believe that everyone can keep flying and technology will provide a solution to address the issue of CO2 emissions – but this is rubbish. It is greenwashing. It is just the way that the industry kicks the can down the road and keeps making profits until drastic short-term measures are required that will wreck the careers and futures of hundreds and thousands of workers in the aviation sector as well as causing irreparable environmental harm throughclimate change. What is needed is an organised transition to a smaller aviation sector. The fact that the current UK government plans to double aviation in the next eight years is impossible if it is to have any hope of tackling climate change that will (and already is) impacting everyone’s lives. This delaying tactic is the same approach the water industries have applied by paying bonuses and dividends rather than investing in the much needed infrastructure. The challenges don’t go away, they just get bigger.

 

There is plenty of information available. Have a look at Green Sky Thinking’s videos – Finlay Asher presented at the FACC meeting in June 2023. Or have a look at the information compiled by Stay Grounded that looks at each of the fuel solutions suggested by the aviation sector. The Royal Society has also produced a report highlighting the misunderstandings relating to alternative aviation fuels. The ONLY way to reduce emissions from aviation is to fly less and a fair way to reduce flying for those who cause the most pollution to pay more. That means a tax on private jets, jet fuel and a tax on frequent flyers.