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Will Sustainability Fly?: Aviation Fuel Options in a Low-Carbon World


Will Sustainability Fly?: Aviation Fuel Options in a Low-Carbon World

Hardback by Palmer, Walter J.

Will Sustainability Fly?: Aviation Fuel Options in a Low-Carbon World

£135.00

ISBN:
9781409430919
Publication Date:
28 Dec 2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:
Routledge
Pages:
290 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 - 26 May 2024
Will Sustainability Fly?: Aviation Fuel Options in a Low-Carbon World

Description

While international negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been less than satisfactory, there is a presumption that a significant level of multi-lateral commitment will be realized at some point. International air and marine travel have been left to one side in past talks because the pursuit of agreement proceeds on the basis of commitment by sovereign nations and the effects of these specific commercial activities are, by their nature, difficult to corral and assign to specific national jurisdictions. However, air travel is increasing and, unless something is done, emissions from this segment of our world economy will form a progressively larger percentage of the total, especially as emissions fall in other activities. This book focuses on fuel. The aim is to provide background in technical and policy terms, from the broadest reliable sources of information available, for the necessary discourse on society's reaction to the evolving aviation emissions profile. It considers what policy has been, why and how commercial air travel is committed to its current liquid fuel, how that fuel can be made without using fossil-source materials, and the barriers to change. It also advances some elements of policy remedies that make sense in providing an environmentally and economically sound way forward in a context that comprehends a more complete vision of sustainability than 'renewable fuels' traditionally have. The goal of Will Sustainability Fly? is to broaden and contextualize the knowledge resource available to academics, policy makers, air industry leaders and stakeholders, and interested members of the public.

Contents

Introduction; The size of the problem; Aviation's energy predicament: reducing the wingprint; Aviation's energy predicament: no fuel like an old fuel; Jet fuel: one of alternative energy's orphans; Policy: background; Understanding sustainability; What do we owe the future (and how much shall we pay)?; Closing the circle; Measuring sustainability; Sustainability assessment and certification: who should do it?; Policy development; The machinery of policy development; Policy strategy: support; Discussion of current attitudes and efforts; Conclusion: there is no such thing as `business as usual'.

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