Gas prices
I now shop around (on Internet) for gas prices now that they are avg around 4.25 per gal here in Mn, I found mid-grade @ 3.99 so I went for it. While I was fueling, a gentleman came up to me (he has a...
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Wouldn't trade the coach for an life time free flight and hotel stay ticket.
I wonder what the fuel consumption of a jet aircraft is per seat verses what we get and who's overall carbon foot print for a vacation is bigger? I suspect much less for us when all factors are taken into consideration. My four night Memorial Day Vacation I'll probably burn 40 gallons of gasoline, 10 pounds of charcoal, use 70 gallons of water, a pound or so of propane and a couple of kilowatts of electricity for two adults. Getting on a plane, staying in a hotel room and eating out for every meal plus general out of town activities has got to consume twice the energy and natural resources.
I wonder what the fuel consumption of a jet aircraft is per seat verses what we get and who's overall carbon foot print for a vacation is bigger? I suspect much less for us when all factors are taken into consideration. My four night Memorial Day Vacation I'll probably burn 40 gallons of gasoline, 10 pounds of charcoal, use 70 gallons of water, a pound or so of propane and a couple of kilowatts of electricity for two adults. Getting on a plane, staying in a hotel room and eating out for every meal plus general out of town activities has got to consume twice the energy and natural resources.
