As a fast-growing emitter of greenhouse gases, the aviation industry is under intense pressure to improve its fuel efficiency. Kurt Kleiner surveys its options.
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Civil aviation faces green challenge. Nature 448, 120–121 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448120a
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