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Old 07-07-2008, 08:21 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MazdaMatt View Post
How about grounding a few USAF jets for a couple days. I figure one jet for one hour uses as much gas as one hypermiler for one year.
F-16.net - Fuel consumption

Looks like more fuel than I use. 700~900 gallons per hour empty.

However I have read that total use by defense is about 2% of our national use. However 2% is definitely significant.

However if they hypermiled those jets just a little, then it would matter more than all of us combined.
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