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Speaker 1: how much fuel does an international airplane use for a trip?
Speaker 1: A plane like a Boeing seven forty seven uses approximately
Speaker 1: one gallon of fuel every second. Over the course of
Speaker 1: a ten hour flight, it might burn thirty six thousand
Speaker 1: gallons of fuel. That sounds like a lot. According to
Speaker 1: Boeing's website, the seven forty seven burns approximately five gallons
Speaker 1: of fuel per mile. This sounds like tremendously poor miles
Speaker 1: per gallon, but consider that a seven forty seven can
Speaker 1: carry as many as five hundred sixty eight people. Let's
Speaker 1: call it five hundred people to use around number. A
Speaker 1: seven forty seven is transporting five hundred people one mile
Speaker 1: using five gallons of fuel. That means the plan it
Speaker 1: is burning about point oh one gallons per person per mile.
Speaker 1: In other words, the plane is getting a hundred miles
Speaker 1: per gallon per person. The typical car gets about twenty
Speaker 1: five miles per gallon, So the seven forty seven is
Speaker 1: actually much better than a car carrying one person and
Speaker 1: compares favorably even if there are four people in the car,
Speaker 1: not bad when you consider that the seven forty seven
Speaker 1: is flying at about five fifty miles per hour. Be
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