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What can civil aviation do to help save the planet?
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[quote:George B:MV8yMDA4MjY1XzMzNzQzMjE5X0EzNDgyQzY5] [b]3) How can it be used to accomplish the task .[/b] . . saving the planet? [b][u][color=red]Answer[/color][/u][/b]: Civil Aviation being the largest segment of aviation can accomplish intervention within the atmosphere probably faster than any other entity based simply on numbers and frequency of opportunity. Several schemes have been proposed to use the emissions from civil aviation aircraft or the use of the aircraft as a platform to inject different aerosols into the atmosphere . . . troposphere and/or stratosphere . . . [b][u][color=red]QUESTION[/color][/u][/b]:[b] Are these schemes possible, reasonable and would they be effective?[/b] [b][u][color=red]Answer:[/color][/u][/b] The most [u][b]written about mitigation schemes with cost analysis completed are schemes to inject Sulfur Compounds into the lower Stratosphere [/b][/u]. . . the amounts of Sulfur Compounds range from a low of one (1) Tg (one million metric tons) to a higher amount of around seven (7) Tg(s) per year. . . this is thought to slow, halt, or reverse global warming basically counteracting the amount of increased CO2 expected to be added to the atmosphere in the coming years . . . in almost every case civilian and military aircraft are suggested as one if not the only rational way to accomplish [/quote]
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What can civil aviation do to help save the planet?
1) Does the planet need saving . . .?
2) What does it need saving from. . . ?
3) How can it be used to accomplish the task . . . saving the planet?
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1) Does the planet need saving . . .?
Answer:
Yes
, I think this answer is fairly easy . . . most scientists and informed people believe the planet is moving toward eventual environmental catastrophe unless something changes.
2) What does it need saving from. . . ?
Answer:
Sudden climate change, Toxicity, and/or degradation of natural shields
that protect the earth from external harm.
3) How can it be used to accomplish the task . . . saving the planet?
Answer:
Civil Aviation being the largest segment of aviation can accomplish intervention within the atmosphere probably faster than any other entity based simply on numbers and frequency of opportunity.
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