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Ethics within aviation

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How harmful is aviation to the environment The industry of aviation has grown into something millions of people have come to depend on for their day to day lives. When it starts to effect people in a way of not being able to get them from where they are to where they need to be there is a problem. The effect that aviation has had on climate change is a silent problem that many people do not think about. This causes climate change which effects our environment in a very negative way. The factor we will be focusing on is how non-co2 and co2 effects our environment. "Airplanes burn fossil fuel which not only releases CO2 emissions but also has strong warming non-CO2 effects due to nitrogen oxides (NOx), vapour trails and cloud formation triggered by the altitude at which aircraft operate."( Transport and Environment. 2022)  Though you would think non-co2 would be friendlier than co2 emmissions it is just as bad. To try to midigate effects of this aircrafts we can use cleaner...