<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Jetting off to global warming]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Payton Chung http://www.grist.org/article/jetting-off-to-global-warming/ Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:56:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/jetting-off-to-global-warming/1 Three more links

Incidentally, the comparative lack of taxation is one big reason why jet fuel costs just $2.15 a gallon. Apparently, the feds do levy a 4.3c/gallon jet fuel tax on domestic carriers, and at least one guy's thinking about alternatives to jet fuel.

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Incidentally, the comparative lack of taxation is one big reason why jet fuel costs just $2.15 a gallon. Apparently, the feds do levy a 4.3c/gallon jet fuel tax on domestic carriers, and at least one guy's thinking about alternatives to jet fuel.

]]> Comment #2 by wackatalpidae http://www.grist.org/article/jetting-off-to-global-warming/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:20:41 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/jetting-off-to-global-warming/2 nine-mile queue

if a car is 14 feet long
that is 3394 cars

an A380 can carry 853 passengers

so a trans-Pacific flight is equivalent to
a 9-mile queue of commuters
only 1/4 of a person per car

OMG

so inefficient
so immoral
so evil




]]> nine-mile queue

if a car is 14 feet long
that is 3394 cars

an A380 can carry 853 passengers

so a trans-Pacific flight is equivalent to
a 9-mile queue of commuters
only 1/4 of a person per car

OMG

so inefficient
so immoral
so evil




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