Thread: "Heathrow and Gatwick airports: Ministers mull rail link" (twixt the two)
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Old October 14th 11, 12:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default "Heathrow and Gatwick airports: Ministers mull rail link" (twixt
We were about to embark at Dover, when d () came up
to me and whispered:

Your average car doesn't use about 10 tons of fuel per trip
(100 tons if you're talking about a 747 on long haul)

So what's that per passenger mile?

nor do they inject their
pollution direct into the stratosphere.

Jet-A fuel is basically kerosene, one of the cleanest fuels to burn under
pressure. A Jet Engine is one of the cleanest ways to burn it.


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