Can the aviation industry really go carbon neutral by 2050?

Given the take-off in passenger numbers, critics have dubbed the Net Zero pledge as greenwash. It is plausible ... but only justLike all great pledges, it is just the right side of implausible. The UK aviation sector this week committed to making flying "net zero" by 2050, wiping out its carbon emissions despite taking more than 100 million extra passengers into the air each year.At a celebratory event in London, the bosses of airports, airlines and aircraft manufacturers queued to scrawl their signatures on a giant Net Zero pledge card from the Sustainable Aviation [SA] campaign. Continue reading...