>I've always wondered what the relative fuel consumption is to >deliver a 1# package Next Day Air Freight, Ground Freight and Rail >Freight - from hub to hub, not necessarily shipping point to >delivery point. > >No head winds or tail winds in the calculations please. > >Todd Swearingen
I'd like to know that too, but I think you got it in the right order, descending. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Osaka, Japan http://journeytoforever.org/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Neoteric Biofuels Inc. > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:13 AM > Subject: Re: [biofuel] car racing-grand prix etc > > > You have to look at air travel in terms of energy use per passenger > kilometer travelled. Then the plane does not look quite so bad. Yes, they > use tonnes of fuel on takeoff, but not a lot once cruising. I think jets are > in the same range as passenger cars - not great, but not a lot worse. > However there is concern that their emissions have a greater contribution > to the "greenhouse effect" due to their placement higher in the atmosphere, > I believe. Of course, if the passengers are on their way to a day at the > races...uh... > > > Edward Beggs > www.biofuels.ca > > > > From: Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:23:33 +0900 > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [biofuel] car racing-grand prix etc > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> is car rcing important? too much air pollution. waste of fuel. why > >> not send this fuel to developing countries for their economic > >> development ? any thoughts from anybody? > > > > I doubt that would be the most effective way to use the money it > > would cost, better use it to support some local grassroots > > development groups. > > > > Racing used to be a test bed for advanced stuff that later found it's > > way into production models, but I don't think that's been the case > > for quite a long time. A lot of the fuel's ethanol or methanol > > anyway, less polluting. But it's just a drop in the bucket. Transfer > > that thinking to air transport and tourism and you're onto something. > > I heard a Boeing uses about as much fuel on takeoff as a whole Grand > > Prix (is that true?). Then there's what happens at the other end. For > > instance: "The average 15,000 cubic metres of water needed to > > irrigate one hectare of high-yielding modern rice is enough for 100 > > nomads and 450 cattle for three years, or 100 rural families for > > three years, or 100 urban families for two years. The same amount can > > supply 100 luxury hotel guests for just 55 days." (UN Food and > > Agriculture Organization - FAO.) And so on. > > > > Keith Addison > > Journey to Forever > > Handmade Projects > > Osaka, Japan > > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/iZp8OC/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
