Compared with the F-5E, the F-20 was much faster, gained beyond-visual-range air-to-air capability, and had a full suite of air-to-ground modes capable of firing most U.S. weapons.
The goal, European officials have said, is to speed up the adoption of greener technologies at a time when air traffic, which represents about 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, is growing much faster than gains in efficiency.
The Union's goal is to speed up the adoption of greener technologies at a time when air traffic represents about 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions and is growing much faster than gains in efficiency.
Though air travel emissions now account for only about 5 percent of warming, that fraction is projected to rise significantly, since the volume of air travel is increasing much faster than gains in flight fuel efficiency.
The goal is to speed up the adoption of greener technologies at a time when air traffic, which represents about 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, is growing much faster than gains in efficiency.
Its goal is to speed up the adoption of greener technologies at a time when air traffic, which represents about 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, is growing much faster than gains in efficiency.
The European Union contends that its system is less costly than portrayed by opponents, and would speed up the adoption of greener technologies at a time when air traffic, which represents 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, is growing much faster than gains in efficiency.
Europe says its system is less costly than portrayed and would speed up the adoption of greener technologies at a time when air traffic, which represents about 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, is growing much faster than gains in efficiency.
Lope Seco Gonzalez, who heads the Polish office of Sener, a Spanish engineering firm, says Poland is going through the same experience as Spain two decades ago, except that "this is going to be much, much faster".The gain for SpainSeveral of the building firms most actively chasing Polish infrastructure work are Spanish-owned.
Promoters of the change say the rules, which were approved by the 27 member nations of the European Union in 2008, should lead airlines to speed up adoption of greener technologies at a time when air traffic, which represents about 3 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, is growing much faster than efficiency gains are cutting those emissions.
