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It’s a Flying Shame: “Greta Effect” Has People Swearing Off Air Travel

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“Flying shame” (or “Flygskam” in Swedish) describes guilting people out of taking airplane trips given the massive carbon footprint of air travel.

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Hyper-Efficient Future Planes Coming Within Two Decades

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Within two decades we may all be flying around in hyper-efficient electric or hybrid-electric blended wing-body design passenger planes…

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