Posted by Green air travel seems near impossible to obtain. It is almost too good to be true- a plane that can run which produces no carbon emissions for our environment. And last year Boeing announced they has built such a plane- a plane that is so ‘green’ earth friendly that the engine releases only pure water into the atmosphere.
They held test flights for the green plane last year and although it is only a two-person plane, is a start to green air travel. Boeing have claimed that it is the first plane in the history of aviation to powered itself by hydrogen powered fuel cells which convert through a chemical reaction to electricity and water- none of the pollution associated with combustion engines.
The environmentally friendly plane took five years to develop and comes with several other advances in green earth technology. Since the development of the 200ft wingspan plane there have been other advancements to help achieve the ultimate goal: green air travel.
But we cannot celebrate the airplane success just yet. Still, no one has come up with a large passenger plane that can produce no carbon emissions like the green Boeing plane can.
Environmentalists remain sceptical over the air travel developments and believe that air travel will never be truly pollution free. Aviation campaigner Richard Dyer has said that technological advances in emission reduction improves only one percent per year, compared to air travel which grows at a rapid rate of 7 percent.
Although there has been planes and other technological advancements, the outlook of green air travel is still far from the horizon.
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