On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:55:56 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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You just don't seem to get it. It isn't a matter of affording it. It is
a matter of wasting huge amounts of dwindling resources for "fun."

Harry, you should then consider giving up your airplane trips to Hawaii,
Costa Rica or any other non-essential trips. A Boeing 747 uses
approximately 1 gallon of fuel every second.

Eisboch


There's a bit of a difference when 300 people are on a common carrier air
transport and four guys are out on a gas hog sportfish.


Just for information, I just tried searching for a breakdown of fuel usage
in the US, comparing gallons used in automobiles and gallons used for
recreational boating. I haven't found the answer yet, but obviously the
auto number will be much higher.

I *did* find one interesting statistic for New Jersey. It is an old data
(1997) but was still revealing. In that year a total of 30 million gallons
of fuel was used for recreational boating. 20 million gallons of that was
in outboard engine powered boats.

So, at least in 1997, the big boats weren't using the most fuel.

That was before the advent of ETEC. :)