Thread by @snocialism

Just want to point out that it's literally impossible for the planet to “efficiency” its way to decarbonizing air travel. It's simply not true and in order to facilitate the emissions cuts that are necessary, we would need to convert every single airliner to biofuels—right now.

https://twitter.com/TransportDems/status/1387063596606181379

That isn't just me talking, @larsenrick, that's the International Civil Aviation Organization saying this:

“Achievement of carbon neutral growth at 2020 emissions levels out to 2050 would require nearly complete replacement of petroleum-based jet fuel”.

And that's only assuming the *best-case scenario* in terms of agricultural output, technological development, market conditions, and government policy all aligning around achieving that—which is not happening, @larsenrick. You're being misled by industry lobbyists.

Airlines often will cherry-pick data and obfuscate their true carbon footprint through many different ways of showcasing their data. For example, Spanish airline Iberia reduced emissions per seat by ~6% in 2017, but increased absolute emissions by 7%.

That's not progress, Rick.

*ALL* of the airlines in the graphic above increased their emissions, @larsenrick. There's been no improvement. We have to reduce air travel if we want to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

A core reason why you say you don't back a #GreenNewDeal.

https://twitter.com/RepRickLarsen/status/1093950266565672960

But perhaps you buy into the corporate-created myth that we can both sustain growth in aviation and reduce emissions by just making things much more efficient because the aerospace industry buys into *you*, @larsenrick!

After all, reducing air travel isn't good business, right?