Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ...
by rriepe on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:48AM
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I'm more confused how a helicopter that's 2500 lbs empty can somehow spit out over 900 lbs of emissions every hour for its four hour flight endurance. They've got to be doing some tricky calculations to get there. I'm guessing it looks more like consideration of infrastructure and production than it does passenger-time.
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Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ...
by Zanni on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:58AM
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One pound of carbon becomes 3.7 pounds of CO2 "emissions" when it combines with atmospheric oxygen: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/contentIncludes/co2_inc.htm
Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ...
by peter303 on Monday October 07, 2019 @06:30AM
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One gallon of carbon petroleum fuel weighing 7 pounds becomes 22 pounds of carbon dioxide. Essentially in burning fuel you replace carbon plus two hydrogen atoms- atomic weight 14- with a carbon plus two oxygen atoms- atomic weight 44. That is an increase of 3.14x.
Re:Uber makes JFK airport helicopter taxis available to all ...
by smilekzs on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:04AM
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Well it is also burning oxygen from air which you don't carry on the helicopter.
Let me see how much high school chemistry I still remember...
CO2 = C (12) * 1 + O (16) * 2
So 1 lb of C from fuel => 3.67 lb of CO2 outSuppose AvGas is just Octane, C8H18
C8H18 = C (12) * 8 + H (1) * 18
1 lb of octane => 0.84 lb of C => 3.09 lb of CO2So yeah, you get 3 lb CO2 from 1 lb of octane.