Thread: 16 Whoppers to complete 3.5 Centuries
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Old 02-25-09 | 12:26 PM
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RazorWind
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Originally Posted by lambo_vt
Kind of a misleading plot, as it doesn't account for speed. If I weren't trapped at work I'd figure cycling and walking into this analysis:

http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/is...2/imperial.pdf
It also doesn't appear to account for the capacity of the vehicle. A 737 may only get 0.42 miles to the gallon of fuel, but it carries 175 people, meaning it actually moves a single person about 75 miles per gallon of fuel it burns.
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