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The Commission says the new measures will prevent 58,000 premature deaths a year and save member states 40bn euros.
But by delaying action until 2030, critics believe the EU is giving in to industry and some reluctant countries.
Across the EU, more than 400,000 people died prematurely in 2010 from air pollution, according to the Commission. As well as deaths, 100 million work days are lost every year through illnesses like asthma
WonderBoi
Man, LET....IT...GO. You're trying to convince people chemtrails don't exist, by giving us government references? I guess people don't "get it"? That's like asking the government to take us on a tour of their secret underground bunkers, that don't exist. lmfao
Man, LET....IT...GO. You're trying to convince people chemtrails don't exist, by giving us government references? I guess people don't "get it"? That's like asking the government to take us on a tour of their secret underground bunkers, that don't exist. lmfao
InhaleExhale
Seriously I have concluded that humans are intelligent and can think
Aviation is a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. In other industries emissions are declining, or at least are better regulated. Airline emissions, however, continue to soar.
Aviation’s contribution to total emissions is between 2% and 8%, according to the IPCC. The International Civil Aviation Organization forecasts significant further emissions growth. Against a 2006 baseline we’re expecting a 63-83% increase by 2020, and a 290-667% increase by 2050.
Research published last month by Manchester Metropolitan University found total aviation emissions in 2006 were 630 megatonnes CO2. By 2050 emissions would be in the order of 1,000 to 3,100 megatonnes, depending on growth and mitigation efforts.
And research published last week in Nature Climate Change shows that just as aviation can affect the climate, climate change could affect aviation. Clear-air turbulence linked to atmospheric jet streams, strengthened by human-induced climate change, could well lead to a bumpy ride on trans-Atlantic flights.
The aviation climate change problem represents in microcosm the climate change problem generally. “Solving” the former might assist in addressing the latter. Neither seems likely.
luxordelphi
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
So a plea from the EU to curb pollution by 2030 or else (not sure what) is some sort of proof that there is no secret geo-engineering going on and that jet emissions are rose water? Have you lost your mind?
luxordelphi
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
So a plea from the EU to curb pollution by 2030 or else (not sure what) is some sort of proof that there is no secret geo-engineering going on and that jet emissions are rose water?
Have you lost your mind?
luxordelphi
Aviation’s contribution to total emissions is between 2% and 8%, according to the IPCC. The International Civil Aviation Organization forecasts significant further emissions growth. Against a 2006 baseline we’re expecting a 63-83% increase by 2020, and a 290-667% increase by 2050.
luxordelphi
reply to post by mrthumpy
No, mr, I got the point. Another joke thread in an effort to discount aviation emissions and their extreme climate threat. Did you plan on telling me which part of this air quality monitoring is taking place in the stratosphere? Or was that just more con and sleight of hand?
Perhaps you'd like to enlighten me on how persistent contrails forming cirrus are going to solve drought? Or is starving to death not on your list of air quality threats? Let me know.