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<blockquote data-quote="JTL" data-source="post: 2218300" data-attributes="member: 49289"><p><strong><em><span style="font-size: 22px">All UK airports must close by 2050 for the country to reach its target of net zero climate emissions by then, scientists say.</span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><em><span style="font-size: 18px">Because electric or zero-emission aircraft cannot be developed in time, most British airports will need to close by the end of this decade, and all flying will have to stop by 2050 until non-polluting versions are available.</span></em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><em><span style="font-size: 18px"><em>Electrification of surface transport, rail and road, needs to be rapid, with the phasing out of all development of petrol and diesel cars immediately. Even if all private cars are electric, the amount of traffic will have to fall to 60% of 2020 levels by 2050, and all cars will have to be smaller.</em></span></em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><em><span style="font-size: 18px"><em><a href="https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/02/18/uk-airports-must-shut-to-reach-2050-climate-target/" target="_blank">https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/02/18/uk-airports-must-shut-to-reach-2050-climate-target/</a></em></span></em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><em><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><em><span style="font-size: 18px">The lunatics really have taken over the asylum and got the public at large on board their sinking ship!</span></em></em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JTL, post: 2218300, member: 49289"] [B][I][SIZE=6]All UK airports must close by 2050 for the country to reach its target of net zero climate emissions by then, scientists say.[/SIZE][/I][/B] [B][I][I][SIZE=5]Because electric or zero-emission aircraft cannot be developed in time, most British airports will need to close by the end of this decade, and all flying will have to stop by 2050 until non-polluting versions are available.[/SIZE][/I] [I][SIZE=5][I]Electrification of surface transport, rail and road, needs to be rapid, with the phasing out of all development of petrol and diesel cars immediately. Even if all private cars are electric, the amount of traffic will have to fall to 60% of 2020 levels by 2050, and all cars will have to be smaller.[/I] [I][URL]https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2020/02/18/uk-airports-must-shut-to-reach-2050-climate-target/[/URL][/I] The lunatics really have taken over the asylum and got the public at large on board their sinking ship![/SIZE][/I][/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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