{"id":6421,"date":"2022-07-22T05:36:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T03:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/22\/uncomfortable-day-for-aviation-as-farnborough-runway-hits-50c\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T05:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T03:36:08","slug":"uncomfortable-day-for-aviation-as-farnborough-runway-hits-50c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/22\/uncomfortable-day-for-aviation-as-farnborough-runway-hits-50c\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncomfortable day for aviation as Farnborough runway hits 50C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Climate crisis highlights need for net zero flights as industry pins its hopes on emerging hydrogen technologies and \u2018sustainable\u2019 fuel<\/p>\n<p>The temperature of the runway hit 50C at the Farnborough airshow this week. Officials checked for melting tarmac between the aerospace industry showing off its wares, with flights by passenger jets including the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350, assorted military aircraft and flypasts by the Red Arrows display team.<\/p>\n<p>The heat on Monday was yet another reminder, if one were needed, of the urgency of decarbonising aviation, responsible for about 3% of global emissions. The threat of climate crisis has taken the shine off an industry that was once the height of glamour, and zero-emissions flight presents a technical challenge far greater than decarbonising most other parts of the economy.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/jul\/22\/uncomfortable-day-for-aviation-as-farnborough-runway-hits-50c\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/22cbd1ea0d50c8aaeea0e3984eeffa8499ac1b78\/0_196_5888_3535\/master\/5888.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8af2e728f1cedc6e409086fda2f1ffbe\" title=\"Uncomfortable day for aviation as Farnborough runway hits 50C\" \/>Climate crisis highlights need for net zero flights as industry pins its hopes on emerging hydrogen technologies and \u2018sustainable\u2019 fuel<br \/>\nThe temperature of the runway hit 50C at the Farnborough airshow this week. Officials checked for melting tarmac between the aerospace industry showing off its wares, with flights by passenger jets including the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350, assorted military aircraft and flypasts by the Red Arrows display team.<br \/>\nThe heat on Monday was yet another reminder, if one were needed, of the urgency of decarbonising aviation, responsible for about 3% of global emissions. The threat of climate crisis has taken the shine off an industry that was once the height of glamour, and zero-emissions flight presents a technical challenge far greater than decarbonising most other parts of the economy. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate crisis highlights need for net zero flights as industry pins its hopes on emerging hydrogen technologies and \u2018sustainable\u2019 fuel The temperature of the runway hit 50C at the Farnborough airshow this week. Officials checked for melting tarmac between the aerospace industry showing off its wares, with flights by passenger jets including the Boeing 777X &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/22\/uncomfortable-day-for-aviation-as-farnborough-runway-hits-50c\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uncomfortable day for aviation as Farnborough runway hits 50C<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6421"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}