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RAF Seeks Zero Emissions Trainer
Of course this can't really be a 'zero emissions trainer' unless its 'fuel' is genuinely net-zero and all the tasks involved in building it and its components (eg mining the lithium for the battery) are also genuinely net-zero. 'Zero carbon emission at the point of use' is a cop-out. It'll be an 'elsewhere emissions trainer.'
Even after that, they've got a mountain to climb. I look forward to the (genuinely) zero emissions F-35, Chinook and heavy transport aircraft..