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Retired Country Singer Tries Clearing ‘Vagrancy Problem’ With His Low-Flying Helicopter
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That dude hasn't sung in 20+ years. Is it really true to say he's still a somewhat active singer if he hasn't been carried by a label or toured in multiple decades?
He's a Texan who found a worse way to travel than an oversized pickup truck.
Technically, it said he still occasionally sings at the family restaurant.
Idk. So I look it up, cause it sounds ridiculous, and it says that Jet fuel produces an average of 21.1 pounds of CO2 per gallon and aviation gas 18.4, while fuel for cars is 19.6 and that (not the greatest source but) helicopters and airplanes use the same type of fuel he might not actually be wrong about saving emissions, considering Austin traffic nowadays...but im no expert, and it's still a jackass thing to do, not to mention pretty dangerous, no matter how much the police block off the parking lot.
helicopters use vastly more fuel than cars. and they always will.
This is one of the reason that "flying cars" never actually catch on- it's horribly inefficient and most people can't afford the fuel, never mind all the other associated maintenance costs.
the amount of fuel being consumed by a helicopter depends greatly on it's engine- piston engines like the bell 47 and Robinson r22 are 15 and 8, respectively. But turbine engines? the bell 206 jet ranger will use about 30+ (don't get me started on the military birds- the black hawks are like 180, and go down hill from there.)
I am not defending this dumbass, but how much fuel are you using if you go directly back and forth compared to a car which has to take a variety of different directions to get there? It still is bad regardless as helicopters use avgas, which is leaded.
So, it kind of depends on fight paths and highways, and traffic in general. But if you're talking about a ten minute flight, at (the low side) of 30 gallons per hour on a turbine helicopter, compared to the high-side of 5 gallons per hour in an suv (10mpg@50 mph), you'd have to be stuck in traffic for more than an hour to justify on fuel.
if he really was concerned about the enviroment and not just being snarky... public transit is the way to go.
Shout out to my cyclists and pedestrians.
You basically need the majority of the fuel to counter gravity, which with land vehicles is done by the road.
Ah yes, gravity. That small detail which has been keeping people down for generations. How could I forget it?
God damn Isaac Newton.
That motherfucker had to go and invent gravity. Makes our lives so much more difficult.
The CO2 per gallon is pretty meaningless compared to fuel economy.
Apparently helicopters take about four times the fuel for similar trips.