Bio–Jet Fuel Struggles to Balance Profit with Sustainability

Monday, December 5, 2011 - 19:31 in Earth & Climate

DURBAN, South Africa--My share of the carbon dioxide my flight to Johannesburg emitted over 15 hours amounted to 1,391.3 kilograms, according to the helpful information provided by South African Airlines. Add a dollop of 53.8 kilograms of CO2 for the jet jaunt to Durban and you can see that the aviation industry--and the Durban climate talks --have an emissions problem. [More]

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