I would conclude that bringing 5,000 MW of wind and solar power on line in California in the next five years would not impact the amount of gasoline, diesel, and
jet fuel consumed in the state.
Of course, the biofuel's ultimate price tag is yet to be determined as only «gallons» of it have been brewed compared with the more than 60 million gallons (225 million liters) of
jet fuel consumed daily in the U.S..
Not exact matches
It currently represents 27 airlines that
consume one - third of the world's
jet fuel.
A
jet might be four times as fast, but a Dynalifter would
consume less
fuel and further cut costs by providing more space for large, bulky payloads, from flowers to bulldozers.
[49] When cruising at 43,000 feet, the
jet is said to
consume just 339 litres (89.5 gallons) of
fuel per hour.
The
jets will
consume 10 % less
fuel per seat than the 50 - seat aircraft they replace.
Instead, to the limit of our resources, we tend to follow the horrible example of Al Gore, who lives in a huge house and flies around in a private
jet that
consumes as much fossil
fuel as 20 SUVs.
Hypocrites, because they almost all burn fossil
fuels in their cars, are quite happy about hopping on a plane, which
consumes inordinate amounts of fossil
fuel (1000 huge
jet planes throughput daily in Hong Kong alone), waste power on large screen TVs..
What I mean is that with airship you can travel to your destination
consuming a fraction of the
fuel required by a
jet aircraft of the same payload capacity but at a slower airspeed.