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06-26-2008, 09:21 PM   #2 (permalink)
dbu8554
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Las Vegas
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Re: A drop in the bucket!

Yeah but a normal 747 holds 350 people, if you divide that 58,000 gallons of fuel it works out to each person using 167 gallons of fuel.

Now I dont know about you but there is no way any of my cars can go 8400 miles on 167 gallons of fuel.

My galaxie can go 220 per tank of gas thats 22 gallons, it would take 381 gallons of fuel to travel that distance.

Now that is at 4$ a gallon for fuel it would cost me 1524$ for that trip, not counting for time. You figure even if you have 2 other people in the car to help driving and you drive 24/7 you might might be able to complete the journey in 2 weeks. A jet can do that trip in one day, while you get to look at the flight attendants ass and sip on some coke.

Aircraft are more efficient then most people realize, also I realize you may have just been posting something funny or whatever, and I don't mean to flame just wanted to post something back.
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