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With takeoff in the world per second, the plane remains one of the most used, but also the most polluting means of transport. Overview of the state of the sector and its future at the time of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Every second in the world, an airplane takes off. Good news for airlines, but not really for the climate. Because these flights are more and more numerous, use a very polluting fuel, and the green plane is not for tomorrow.
Air traffic soars, as the air hole in the Cavid crisis belongs to the past. With nearly 4.9 billion passengers in 2024, an absolute record was crossed. By 2043, the number of passengers transported could even double. More planes in the sky, it is also more burned kerosene, and kerosene, it pollutes a lot. A Paris-New-York round trip, for example, emits approximately 1.7 tonnes of CO2. In a single trip, this represents 19% of the annual emissions of a Frenchman, not to mention the condensation trails of the plane.
You will still have to be patient to have greener planes. The alternatives still count too expensive and are insufficient. Decades of development are still necessary.
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