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Old 13th Jan 2017, 03:32
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KittyKatKaper
 
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why pick on aviation ?

We now use, on average, 2.2 barrels (or 347 litres) of jet fuel per person per year
but from the place where they got that data ( https://industry.gov.au/Office-of-th...tember2016.pdf ) a quick calculation shows that automotive fuel consumption is over 700 l/person/pa !

Aircraft with sensible load-factors have person-fuel-usages similar to that of road transport.

Sure, rail is more fuel-efficient than road/air but the capital cost is very high with long construction times.

And as for sea-transport, I have no intention of spending 3+ weeks to get to Europe and another 3+ weeks to return.
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