Long distance travel perhaps emits the most carbon dioxide and creates the largest carbon footprints out of all the other contributing factors. Rising fuel costs has caused two of the largest airplane makers, Boeing and Airbus, to search for other opportunities to minimize their costs and maximize their profits. Ultimately, Boeing and Airbus are looking for airplanes that are more fuel efficient.

WIth the limited amount of resources we have, sustainability is essentially what everyone looks for. How exactly should we approach our limited amount of resources without compromising the resources of future generations? Sustainability may sound easy when one talks about it, but the difficult part is how do we use current technology we have now to solve problems that scientists and researchers have been searching for years. From my point of view, rising oil price is essentially a warning for all of us who seek to continue living the way we now live – it is not the responsibilities of people who work in the science field, but the responsibility of all of us who are slowly depleting the amount of resources we have.

Source (response to blog): https://blogs.ubc.ca/fergusarnold/2012/11/14/the-battle-for-effeciency/

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