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November 27, 2003
Yeah, yeah , yeah !!!!!! military planes don't count though.
but relatively speaking is it more expensive now?
i.e if an average Joe was paid $100 a week and petrol was $1 a gallon in
1970
then in 2003 he is paid $1000 a week and petrol is $9 a gallon ,
relatively speaking the petrol is cheaper now.
Federal and local taxes etc not withstanding of course
I don't know the actual figures which is why I'm asking.
I believe in GB the pro rata is about the same, but of course stand to be
corrected.
And cars have got more economic / efficient so the weekly fuel bill should
be lower for the same number of miles. Forced in part by oil prices , but
also by social awareness ( diminishing fossil fuels) and also auto
engineering technology.
Concorde did use a lot of paraffin though, specially on take off , the real
reason for ditching them was 'cos they are using 70's technology (getting a
tad old now, for the last few years they spent more time in maintenance and
flight prep. than they did actually flying) and I believe metal fatigue was
setting in. Although not many of us flew on Concord , it was a great
ambassador and advertisment. Noisy , yes , great thats one of the reasons
for going auto racing, but concord was only for 20 minutes or so a day, A
small price to pay for such beauty.
Alan
"alan.east-jones" < alan.east-jones@... > 27030
Posted on November 27, 2003 04:45 PM
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