Elon Musk's JetDec 20, 2022
Landed in Austin, Texas, US. Apx. flt. time 9 Hours : 19 Mins.
FarrellSRDec 21, 2022
Show threadElon Musk's Jet
4,906 mile (4,263 NM) flight from LTN to AUS

Flight Fuel Info
~ 4,690 gallons (17,754 liters).
~ 31,433 lbs (14,258 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $29,735 cost of fuel.
~ 50 tons of CO2 emissions.
Dec 20, 2022 at 1:27amWeb
Show threadLillianDec 20, 2022
@elonjet
Show threadDavid EmmettDec 20, 2022
@elonjet imagine being the second richest person on earth and having to land at Luton.
Show threadamyseekstruthDec 20, 2022
@elonjet not the green travel
Show thread4Xsample Dec 20, 2022
@elonjet Wow, now i'm interested on this calculation.
How is possible to generate 50.000 kg of c02 burning 14.000 kg of fuel?
I't looks like calculating 100% of the fuel is pure carbon and adding oxigen to create c02.
Show threadMad Sci ∴Dec 20, 2022

@4xsample @elonjet

Yep I get 45kg (assuming the fuel is kerosene)

Show threadAmir SadoughiDec 20, 2022

@4xsample @elonjet I didn't know it myself. From:
https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gases-equivalencies-calculator-calculations-and-references

" ... use a common conversion factor of 8,887 grams of CO2 emissions per gallon of gasoline consumed ... to obtain the number of grams of CO2 emitted per gallon of gasoline combusted, the heat content of the fuel per gallon can be multiplied by the kg CO2 per heat content of the fuel."

Now 1 gallon of gasoline is 3217 grams, so each gram of gasoline is going to create 2.7 grams of CO2.

Greenhouse Gases Equivalencies Calculator - Calculations and References | US EPA

Provides information on how the calculations are used to convert greenhouse gas emission numbers into different types of equivalent units.

US EPA
Show threadAmir SadoughiDec 20, 2022

@4xsample @elonjet section 2.2 of:

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-03/documents/stationaryemissions_3_2016.pdf

Goes in details of how different content of fuels affects the final number. I didn't read it thoroughly, but their formula takes into account other emissions like N2O and calculates the equivalent CO2 emissions.
Having said all this, I wonder whether conservation of mass seems not to apply, as the weight CO2 includes the weight of Oxygen which is not necessarily included in the weight of the fuel?

Weiterleitungshinweis

Show thread4Xsample Dec 20, 2022
@amir @elonjet thats a fucking Madness!
Is not said enough!
The numbers about gasoline shouldn’t be much different then…
As long is a similar reaction.
I have another interesting fact for those Xmas dinners…
Show threadGentlePupperDec 20, 2022
@elonjet Christ, what an asshole.
Show threadBigBadBoxBookDec 20, 2022

@elonjet

Saw where Mastadon's account got deactivated for bringing you on board.

That, my friend, gets you another follow!

#ElonsFolly
#GoodRiddanceTwitter

Show threadriscyDec 20, 2022

@elonjet this is just obscene, and then us normal people are made to feel guilty for asking for a plastic bag at the supermarket.

Deal with people like this first.

Show threadrickrrdDec 20, 2022
@elonjet wowzers these are some pretty horrific numbers when you think about it.
Show threadRoxie RoseDec 20, 2022
@elonjet If he’s nothing else, he’s an enormous polluter! He should be fined for this. I’m sure it’s frivolous as most of his actions are.
Show threadProf West Wing Chicken ShackDec 20, 2022

@elonjet Don't panic!

AUS is Austin Airport, in Austin Texas, and not Australia.

He's fortunately, not coming here. 😊🥂

Show threadUfo PoliticsDec 20, 2022
@elonjet 50 tons CO2 ☹️
Show threadBrandon8696Dec 21, 2022

@elonjet I never followed the jet account on Twitter,.so it's news to me on just how much he spent on jet fuel alone. That's a some person's year salary right there.

I always believe billionaires shouldn't exist, but this just strengthens that opinion.

Show threadLZVolkDec 22, 2022

@elonjet @macroliter

Jesus Christ. 😠

Show threadBeaconJDec 23, 2022
@elonjet Burned 12.5x the amount of CO2 the average person puts out in a year.
Show threadizzy boiii ✈️ Swizzle.funDec 24, 2022
@elonjet ~16tons of fuel converts to 50tons of emissions??? 😂
Show threadL'ArakidoDec 25, 2022
@rh2 @elonjet
Yes ,at first it looks like nonsense. But jet fuel consists of roughly 80 percent carbon. In the combution proces oxygen (which is about three times as heavy as carbon) is added. So you end up with a heavier weight of CO2 than the weight of the jet fuel.
Show threadizzy boiii ✈️ Swizzle.funDec 25, 2022

@LarsKnudsen @elonjet

oh ok
14,258 kg of fuel
and roughly 35,000kg of atmospheric oxygen used as reactant

Show threadL'ArakidoDec 27, 2022
@rh2 @elonjet 👍