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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Sub-orbital travel, popularized in 2021 by Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, is projected to become a $3.5 The US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently pledged that America will achieve carbon neutrality for its aviation sector by 2050. Portugal has even decided to decarbonize its entire transportation sector.

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Death Spiral for Car Ownership? End of Fuel-Powered Cars by 2024?

MishTalk

My estimate for long-haul trucks taking over is 2021-2022 or so. Many of my readers think that 2021-2022 is impossible. Seba said the world is on the cusp of one of the fastest, deepest, most consequential disruptions of transportation in history. “By Using transport as a service: 16 cents per mile. Death Spiral for Cars.

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Clean Energy Transition: Business Risks and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Assuming energy can be produced via clean methods and transported to its intended destination, there will be one other key bottleneck to overcome: electricity storage. According to McKinsey, final energy demand will double by 2050, with growth in demand coming primarily from buildings, transportation, and industry. Waste Removal.

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