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Indeed. The mpg per person for a modern passenger plane is better than the average US car (assuming a single-person journey by car). The most important factor h
by ppf 7y ago
Indeed. The mpg per person for a modern passenger plane is better than the average US car (assuming a single-person journey by car). The most important factor here is miles travelled, not the mode of transport used.
- keanzu 7y agoThe fatality per mile rate is also wildly lower for commercial flight, so driving instead of flying is 750x [1] more likely to result in you never making it to your destination. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U...