2015
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2865
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Costs of mitigating CO2 emissions from passenger aircraft

Abstract: In response to strong growth in air transportation CO 2 emissions, governments and industry began to explore and implement mitigation measures and targets in the early 2000s. However, in the absence of rigorous analyses assessing the costs for mitigating CO 2 emissions, these policies could be economically wasteful. Here we identify the cost-effectiveness of CO 2 emission reductions from narrow body aircraft, the workhorse of passenger air transportation. We find that in the US, a combination of fuel burn redu… Show more

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“…However, this model assumes an exogenous development of alternative jet fuel availability instead of integrating the development of the production technology into the modeling approach. In addition to these System Dynamics models, several techno-economic studies have been carried out to assess the potential of alternative jet fuels [5,9,12,13].These studies only consider the production costs of alternative fuels and neglect important factors of the ATS that affect the adoption of alternative fuels in the aviation sector and their potential towards low-emission aviation.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…However, this model assumes an exogenous development of alternative jet fuel availability instead of integrating the development of the production technology into the modeling approach. In addition to these System Dynamics models, several techno-economic studies have been carried out to assess the potential of alternative jet fuels [5,9,12,13].These studies only consider the production costs of alternative fuels and neglect important factors of the ATS that affect the adoption of alternative fuels in the aviation sector and their potential towards low-emission aviation.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a consequence, airlines are forced to modernize their fleet either by replacing old aircraft or by retrofitting new fuel-efficient airframe and engine technologies (e.g., blended winglets, geared turbofan) into existing aircraft of the fleet [6,7]. However, fulfilling the emission reduction targets solely by fleet modernization will not be possible and even approaching them would be a substantial economic burden for airlines as long as aircraft are purely powered by conventional jet fuels [4][5][6]8].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Yet its underlying causes have mystified biologists for more than a century, leading the ecologist Robert Ricklefs to famously state 2 that this pattern "mocks our ignorance". Usinowicz et al 3 reveal on page 105 how an ecological theory 4,5 that models species coexistence might illuminate the latitudinal diversity gradient of trees.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Their intricate mechanical design yields a mass reduction of up to 5% compared to current designs. If used on an aircraft, this would result in improved fuel economy and reduced emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants 5 .…”
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