Re: Global Warming: Junk science at it's [best] worst



Eeyore wrote:

Simon S Aysdie wrote:

I have heard it claimed that a passenger jet -- if fully or near fully
booked -- is in the same neighborhood for energy/beeLine as the
average passenger car (w/ one person).

Depending on your choice of car for comparison (and I don't mean SUVs) etc, it
may actually be more like 1/2 what a car would consume for the same length
journey.

[A380] the plane's fuel consumption will be 2.9 liters (0.76 gallon) per
passenger per 100 kilometers (60 miles)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0118_050118_airbus.html

That's 79 mpg (US).

I gather the 787 will have similar figures. This articlesays Boeing claim even
better
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/07/boeing-rolls-ou.html
Boeing calculates that the 787 will deliver fuel consumption of approximately 2.4
l/100 passenger-kilometers, assuming average modal load factors.

That's 95 mpg (US).

Graham

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