On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:58:54 +1100, Peter wrote in
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In article , Larry Dighera
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:15:04 +0100, AJC wrote in
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:50:20 GMT, Larry Dighera
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 06:31:02 -0500, nobody wrote
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Interesting tidbit from Bob Bliar:

The A380 consumes only 3 litres of fuel per pax per 100km, equivalent to
a fuel efficient diesel car.

How many passengers would such a car carry?


Not a relevant statistic either.

Given the OP's comparative statement above, the implied "statistic"
was apparently relevant to her.

Factor in the average load factor of a fuel efficient diesal car
and an A380 and then you might have a more meaningful figure.

Meaningful in what way? Am I to infer, that you find the metric of
fuel-per-passenger-mile irrelevant?

If you look at the number of passengers, then the A380 is vastly more
efficient, because unless a car carries hundreds of passengers, you are
going to have hundreds of drivers and comparatively few passengers
compared to two pilots and hundreds passengers on the Airbus.

More efficient in fuel-per-passenger-mile? Doubtful.