Comment Comment by tschuy Transatlantic flights average 75 mpg per passenger, but can be up to almost 100 mpg per passenger:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraftJet fuel is 37.4 MJ/L; compare to gasoline at 34.2:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Energy_densitie...An electric car will have up to 150 miles-per-gallon equivalent (aka 150 miles per the same amount of energy that's in one gallon of gasoline):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon_gasoline_equi...So therefore, an electric car with just the driver is more efficient energy-wise than an airplane, while an average airplane is better than a gas car with even three people in it. parent tschuy 8 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_aircraft
Jet fuel is 37.4 MJ/L; compare to gasoline at 34.2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Energy_densitie...
An electric car will have up to 150 miles-per-gallon equivalent (aka 150 miles per the same amount of energy that's in one gallon of gasoline):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon_gasoline_equi...
So therefore, an electric car with just the driver is more efficient energy-wise than an airplane, while an average airplane is better than a gas car with even three people in it.