 28 replies |
Author | Time | Post |
 Regulating the airlines for fuel consumption. (Original post) |
Smackdown2019 | Jun 2022 | OP |
| MontanaMama | Jun 2022 | #1 | |
| Smackdown2019 | Jun 2022 | #5 | |
| ruet | Jun 2022 | #6 | |
| MontanaMama | Jun 2022 | #7 | |
| unc70 | Jun 2022 | #2 | |
| ruet | Jun 2022 | #3 | |
| Ace Rothstein | Jun 2022 | #19 | |
| Lancero | Jun 2022 | #4 | |
| DetroitLegalBeagle | Jun 2022 | #8 | |
| Turbineguy | Jun 2022 | #9 | |
| beaglelover | Jun 2022 | #10 | |
| jimfields33 | Jun 2022 | #11 | |
| WarGamer | Jun 2022 | #12 | |
| Zeitghost | Jun 2022 | #13 | |
| hack89 | Jun 2022 | #14 | |
| Ocelot II | Jun 2022 | #15 | |
| Smackdown2019 | Jun 2022 | #16 | |
| brooklynite | Jun 2022 | #18 | |
| Jedi Guy | Jun 2022 | #28 | |
| brooklynite | Jun 2022 | #17 | |
| Smackdown2019 | Jun 2022 | #21 | |
| brooklynite | Jun 2022 | #22 | |
| BannonsLiver | Jun 2022 | #20 | |
| sarisataka | Jun 2022 | #23 | |
| Smackdown2019 | Jun 2022 | #24 | |
| sarisataka | Jun 2022 | #27 | |
| Ron Green | Jun 2022 | #25 | |
| Ms. Toad | Jun 2022 | #26 |
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:02 PM
MontanaMama (21,255 posts)
1. I'm afraid no one would get anywhere in a timely fashion
Response to Smackdown2019 (Reply #5)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:16 PM
ruet (9,798 posts)
6. Not That This Could Happen But...
Response to Smackdown2019 (Reply #5)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:17 PM
MontanaMama (21,255 posts)
7. Not saying they're not outrageous.
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:02 PM
unc70 (5,617 posts)
2. My thoughts: A really stupid idea
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:02 PM
ruet (9,798 posts)
3. Where Do These Hair-brain Ideas Stem From?
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:06 PM
4. Aircraft are extremely fuel efficient with the sheer amount of people they carry.
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:42 PM
Turbineguy (35,683 posts)
9. Fuel is expensive.
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 03:45 PM
beaglelover (2,984 posts)
10. Passenger planes also carry a lot of cargo and US Mail around the country. This is a
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:00 PM
11. Whoever would bring this up would be voted out of office fast.
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:03 PM
12. How about regulating Chinese and Indian coal fired power plants?
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:05 PM
13. I'll ignore the very real and very serious political and legal problems...
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 04:09 PM
14. Jet fuel and auto gasoline are very different
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 05:00 PM
Ocelot II (105,774 posts)
15. What a spectacularly dumb idea.
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Airplane fuel isn't "high octane" - it's kerosene, which has an octane rating of around 25, and it's refined in an entirely different process from gasoline for cars. Try putting jet fuel in your car and see what happens; these fuels aren't even slightly interchangeable. And if you think airline fares are bad now, a harebrained scheme like that would make air travel a luxury for only the wealthy.
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Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 05:22 PM
16. Segment suggests it's a bad idea
Response to Smackdown2019 (Reply #16)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 05:29 PM
brooklynite (84,590 posts)
18. Observation: you didn't propose to close all gas stations to cars
Response to Smackdown2019 (Reply #16)
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 08:42 PM
28. "Point is .... it's produced from OIL"
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 05:27 PM
brooklynite (84,590 posts)
17. Beyond ridiculous concept. Also illegal, absent new legislation.
Response to brooklynite (Reply #17)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 05:50 PM
21. Actually it's legal through Congress
Response to Smackdown2019 (Reply #21)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:01 PM
brooklynite (84,590 posts)
22. There is no boilerplate "regulation off commerce" Law...
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2022, 06:16 PM
sarisataka (15,243 posts)
23. Thought?
Jets do not run on gasoline. Gasoline and kerosene come out at different points in the refining process and are fairly independent of each other, i.e. an increase or decrease of one does not affect the other. Jet fuel kerosene is closer to diesel so would have no effect on pump prices of gasoline. If anything, limiting the amount of flights would increase pump prices as ground transportation would have to fill the gap. |
Response to Smackdown2019 (Reply #24)
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 08:28 PM
sarisataka (15,243 posts)
27. I don't think you get it
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It is not a matter of x number of barrels of oil are dedicated to making jet fuel. It is x% of a barrel of oil can be made into jet fuel.
It is a matter of chemistry.  |
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 08:26 PM
25. Eliminating all commercial air travel from trips of less than, say,
Response to Smackdown2019 (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2022, 08:27 PM
Ms. Toad (31,035 posts)
26. Nope.
