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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
We got 3 to 6 ft of what we call Sierra Cement on the upper parts of the local Sierras. pretty much an equivelant to solid ice and it hasnt been warm enough during the day to affect it significantly as the lakes and rivers have reduced flows again.
Btw: 100,000 gallons of jet fuel exceeds the weight carrying capacity of a 747 and commercial aircraft fuel is bought in pounds not gallons, at least when I was thinking of becoming a piss pumper at the airport couple of years back.
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It was kind of a SWAG.
When President Clinton was in office, he would fly to California in Air Force One for a haircut, and visit his daughter Chelsea while there.
A journalist commented at the time that, the round trip from D.C. would consume, on the order of 50,000-gallons of jet fuel.
If true, then 100,000 for a round trip to Scotland seemed reasonable.
Tele-conferencing would seem a more 'convincing' behavior for anyone who actually understood where carbon dioxide comes from.
GOOGLE gives 10-to-11 metric tonnes / hour for a 747, at cruise altitude, trim, and velocity. And a maximum takeoff fuel capacity of 238,604- liters, or, 63,032-gallons, for 7,790- nautical miles range. The Jet-Stream velocity and direction would have to be figured in.