In Africa DC3's are used. TarynToo wrote:
>Hi all, > >I wandered the web for a bit and found these as well many others: ><http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/Overview.html> ><http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar99/922773845.Eg.r.html> ><http://www.google.com/search? >q=commercial+aircraft+fuel+efficiency++turboprop> > >While these don't give specific answers, It seems like turboprops might >be most efficient for delivering large loads, fairly quickly, with >least fuel. Seems like one of the issues is pounds of fuel per hour vs >speed. Does anyone know the fuel costs associated with delivering >people at 800 kmph versus the 500 kmph? > >Should we be replacing our medium range jet fleets with turboprops? > >Taryn. ><http://ornae.com/> > >On Sep 4, 2005, at 2:43 AM, Alan Petrillo wrote: > > > >>Greg and April wrote: >> >> >> >>>The short answer is no. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>The short answer is _yes_. Baylor University did some testing with B20 >>in their Beech King Air 90, and found that it did just fine. >> >>The report was available at the biodiesel.org website for a while, but >>I >>can't find it just now. A Google search of the site produced this: >>http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/reportsdatabase/reports/gen/ >>19981001_gen-106.pdf >> >>Purdue University also did some testing on aviation fuel, and the >>report >>is available here: >>http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/reportsdatabase/reports/gen/ >>19950601_gen-144.pdf >> >>Keep in mind, turbines are, almost by definition, multifuel engines. >>As >>long as it doesn't overheat their burn units turbines don't care what >>they're running on. You should see the list of alternate fuels for the >>OH-58 scout helicopters I flew in the Army! >> >>... >> >> > > > >>>Jet travel is also one of the >>>least efficient forms of transportation there is. >>> >>> >>> >>That depends on how you look at it. If you consider it in terms of >>passenger seat miles per gallon then it comes out around 24mpg, IIRC, >>which beats most SUV's. >> >>I did have a link to an article which went into this much more in >>depth, >>but I have lost it. >>... >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
