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New Study: US Weather Stations Not Biased Toward Warming

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SixDegrees1/30/2010 12:39:43 pm PST

re: #70 Naso Tang

I did a google. Seems that something like 8000lbs/hr is a number to use and I can imagine that jet fuel costs at least $1 per pound, so I guess that the $10,000 per hour is mostly fuel.

Well, assuming the fuel is roughly as dense as water, at 8 pounds per gallon that would be $8.00 per gallon - far more expensive than gasoline. And I certain jet fuel is cheaper than gasoline, probably more like one or two bucks per gallon.

Still a significant cost, to be sure, but not close to the total.