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  • ICE Cars are NOT the worst global warming polluters. Saying they are is

    From viden@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 24 21:12:03 2023
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    The worst polluters are jet aircraft.

    How many BTUs of heat does an engine produce?

    It takes about 2,500 BTUs of heat energy to produce one horsepower (this includes the heat loss out the tailpipe and that absorbed by the cooling system). Based on these numbers, a 300 horsepower engine would generate
    about 750,000 BTUs of heat energy per hour at full throttle.

    A little bitty Boeing 737 burns 5,000 pounds of fuel per hour. Aviation gasoline = 120,200 Btu/gallon. 5,000 * 120,000 = 600,000,000 BTU per hour crusing.

    For you lazy Amazon shoppers, a 747 carrying your crappy Chinese junk
    burns 23,625 pounds of fuel per hour. Aviation gasoline = 120,200
    Btu/gallon. 23,625 * 120,000 = 2,835,000,000 BTU per hour crusing.

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  • From John Dillinger@21:1/5 to viden on Sun Dec 24 14:56:32 2023
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    On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 21:12:03 -0000 (UTC), viden <viden@fox.news> wrote:

    For you lazy Amazon shoppers, a 747 carrying your crappy Chinese junk
    burns 23,625 pounds of fuel per hour


    They ship goods by ship from China to the rest of the world. Only
    overnight goods are shipped by airplane.

    You're complaining about a non-existent issue.

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