Only taxes can close aviation’s carbon gap as move to biofuel is an unrealistic outcome

Aviation’s dreams of a green future rest on second-hand cooking oil and wishful thinking. By 2050, the industry wants to halve net CO2 emissions from 2005 levels, even though traffic is set to treble. It’s hard to see electric planes or jet fuel made from plants or kitchen grease flying to the rescue. Instead, governments may have to squash demand by imposing carbon taxes.

Unlike carmakers, which can switch to zero-carbon batteries, or power stations that can run on wind, nuclear or solar energy, airlines are stuck with fossil fuels. Basically, nothing matches jet fuel in pound-for-pound punch. Nor are there signs of that changing much by mid-century.

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