Aviation and Travel are green and fine, right?

NO?

Let me enumerate:

Airports - biggest problem is lack of densification - aviation's scarcest commodity is just ridiculously managed

OEMs - Airframers and Engines - promising 15% reduction starting in 2040 IF we are lucky. Till them same stuff as we have now. Why change?

SAF - not enough of it. It is not emissions free, further it will be in the wrong place. Like many elements of new fuel it requires more energy than it replaces.

Hydrogen - one comment, remember the Hindenburg. 

Electric aviation - small and short. We need 100 pax 500 Kms. That is not on the radar.

Drone flying (Passenger) - flawed use cases

Trains - not enough and in the wrong places. In the UK short platforms, and bad government (HS2).

Have I made my point yet?

2024, a year of change and uncertainty.

 

The challenges remain with wars and political tensions. But I am a hopeful person. Let's get Travel back to its core roots of exploration and - yes - joy. Revenge travel is history. Here's to more in 2024. More of everything that makes us as a species special, hopeful and capable of so much more.