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Cowperson · 12-19-2006, 10:05 AM

Airplanes and global warming article in today's USA Today:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztra...ion-usat_x.htm

Aviation and the environment are on a collision course. The number of airline flights worldwide is growing and expected to skyrocket over the coming decades. Aircraft emissions pollute the air and threaten by 2050 to become one of the largest contributors to global warming, British scientists have concluded.

Remember the days after 9/11. No airplanes. None. Scientists had an unprecedented opportunity for study.

Cowperson

12-19-2006, 10:05 AM	#55
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	Airplanes and global warming article in today's USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztra...ion-usat_x.htm Aviation and the environment are on a collision course. The number of airline flights worldwide is growing and expected to skyrocket over the coming decades. Aircraft emissions pollute the air and threaten by 2050 to become one of the largest contributors to global warming, British scientists have concluded. Remember the days after 9/11. No airplanes. None. Scientists had an unprecedented opportunity for study. Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous