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Aircraft are thirsty and burn lots of fuel, right?

by fezz on 7/28/24, 5:04 AM with 4 comments

• by RobinL on 7/28/24, 6:18 AM

  Similar or a bit better per mile to an efficient European ICE car with a single passenger. But:

  - you travel vastly more miles in the plane

  - you could fit four people in the car to achieve quarter the per person fuel consumption

  Also assumes you're riding in economy.

  Electric cars use around quarter the energy per mile than ICE, so therefore beat the plane easily even with single occupancy

• by eesmith on 7/28/24, 5:47 AM

  Now do the same calculation for private jets.

  And for high-speed trains.

• by jrflowers on 7/28/24, 5:49 AM

  TLDR: No if you decide to compare them to cars for some reason