An EU court has said the manufacture of private jets can’t be excluded from a list of ​activities deemed to be environmentally sustainable.

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/48796725

An EU court has said the manufacture of private jets can’t be excluded from a list of activities deemed to be environmentally sustainable, fuelling concerns about the greenwashing of the emissions of the super-rich.

The list, intended to provide an ⁠overview of green investments, previously excluded aircraft for private or commercial business aviation due to their high emissions compared with other forms of transport following a 2023 decision by the European Commission.

The court argued that the 2023 ruling was made with a number of errors, including that other modes of transport couldn’t necessarily be seen as low-carbon alternatives as they “lack the flexibility and speed” of private jets.

    • a4ng3l@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      That’s exactly my point… the definition would define that in a way that makes the court decision irrelevant.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I’m only basing this on your comment, but there’s no real “definition” there. They’ll just lie and say x new fuel is sustainable per their definition.

        Unless they actually go into a lot of detail as to what a fuel needs to be to be sustainable.

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Sure there is, it’s just very expensive at the moment. Anything created from capturing CO2 from the atmosphere is sustainable.