Source is one of the few mainstream outlets (Vox being another) that is still talking about climate as a problem to be solved rather an irritating distraction from today’s shiny new crises du jour, namely superpower competition and “catastrophic” low birth rates.

Back on topic, there’s a paradox here. The aviation industry is naturally dragging its feet at every opportunity, but really that’s logical. Unlike other industries (even cars, to a point), there is literally nothing this industry can do to “succeed” except shrink. Due to basic rules of fluid dynamics, it is extremely inefficient to travel fast. Doing it by burning fossils is doubly disastrous, but solving this particular challenge with any technology is a massively tall order.

On a planet of 9 billion, air travel is just not scalable. If you can do it without frying the planet, that’s only because somebody else is not doing it.

also falling dramatically these days