[sustran] aviation article

[Pascal Desmond]

>"The right price for air travel campaign" <airtax at milieudefensie.nl>
http://www.milieudefensie.nl/airtravel

>Gossamer jet trails tied to global warming
>     Keay Davidson
>     EXAMINER SCIENCE WRITER
>     March 15, 1999
>     1999 San Francisco Examiner
>
>An explosion in commercial air traffic may be triggering formation of
>high-altitude clouds that trap heat and could worsen global warming.
>
>And the problem is expected to get much worse: Global aircraft
>emissions should increase sixfold by the time today's college
>students are ready for retirement, experts say.
>
>The menace comes in a beautiful form: cirrus clouds that resemble
>silver, windblown beards and float at 20,000-to 50,000-feet high.

>FULL story at
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/examiner/archive/1999/03/15/NEWS96
>04.dtl&type=printable

Kind regards,
Pascal Desmond.