[rollei_list] Re: OT "the price of gasoline" $3 here in Oregon
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 09:37:32 -0700
David,
His math is just as f&^%$ed up as his other thinking! :-)
Jerry
David Seifert wrote:
> Double Ummm....
>
> 30,000 gallons of jet fuel to go 3,000 nm is 10 gallons per mile, not 10
> miles per gallon!
>
> David
>
> David Seifert wrote:
>
> >Ummmm, how does this work out when the trip between LHR and JFK is only
> >3,000 NM? A bit thirstier I'll bet!
> >
> >Cute Great Circle Route calculator here -> http://gc.kls2.com/
> >
> >David
> >
> >Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 10:26 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>You guys are spoilt - I pay roughly the equivalent of US$4 per gallon
> >>>for regular...
> >>>
> >>>Cheers
> >>>
> >>>Jayanand Govindaraj
> >>>Chennai, India
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Quite right, Jayanand. We can only start complaining when gasoline
> >>costs over US$10 (or its equivalent) per US gallon.
> >>
> >>Did you know that each of the passengers on the Concorde used to fly at
> >>TWICE the speed of sound 6,000 nautical miles over the Atlantic for
> >>less than 300 US gallons of jet fuel, costing NO MORE THAN US$500 at
> >>the time, and often much less? This was with the "thirstiest" airliner
> >>every to fly. Over 20 miles to the gallon! (Do the math: the Concorde
> >>carried less than 30,000 gallons of fuel in its tanks, and 100
> >>passengers - and was never refuelled in mid-air.)
> >>
> >>The passengers paid as much as US$15,000 per ticket, and only $500 for
> >>that went towards paying for the fuel. (The rest was for the champagne,
> >>caviar, foie-gras and truffles on the 3-hour flight, surely. Yeah,
> >>right.)
> >>
> >>
> >>Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir>
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