UK Leading Military Battle Against Carbon Emissions

March 23, 2022
UK Royal Air Force Red Arrows aerobatic display team
One target for the Royal Air Force’s transition to greener aviation is to find a cleaner alternative to diesel to create the red, white and blue smoke used by the Red Arrows aerobatic display team.
Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
European governments are setting strict targets for lower carbon emissions and achieving net zero, and their militaries are facing the same pressures. Armed forces are sizable contributors to carbon emissions: They use gas-guzzling ground vehicles, aircraft, and ships, and their convoys, deployments...

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