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When it comes to cutting greenhouse gases that are driving up global temperatures and threatening the planet, there are few ways to reduce the pollution caused by air travel.
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United Airlines is betting on carbon removal as the key to climate-friendly air travel.
Or, well, let me rephrase that: There are a lot of
ideas. Some companies argue that business commuters of the 2040s will take short hops, such as from D.C., to Philly, on six-seater electric vehicles that take off and land vertically. But these vehicles sometimes felicitously called “flying cars,” though their formal name is VTOL, for “vertical takeoff and landing” can go only so far, and the most successful VTOL prototypes have barely gotten off the ground. For medium distances, such as from New York to Cleveland, Airbus says it is trying to develop a zero-emissions jet that uses hydrogen as its main fuel source.
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Or, well, let me rephrase that: There are a lot of
ideas. Some companies argue that business commuters of the 2040s will take short hops, such as from D.C., to Philly, on six-seater electric vehicles that take off and land vertically. But these vehicles sometimes felicitously called “flying cars,” though their formal name is VTOL, for “vertical takeoff and landing” can go only so far, and the most successful VTOL prototypes have barely gotten off the ground. For medium distances, such as from New York to Cleveland, Airbus says it is trying to develop a zero-emissions jet that uses hydrogen as its main fuel source.