On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:10:47 -0600, Mike Beede wrote
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In article , Newps wrote:

Larry Dighera wrote:


What seems infinitely more significant is the awesome magnitude of
exhaust spewing from airliners as a result of burning 18,536,000,000
(that's 18-1/2 trillion) gallons of kerosene annually*; one would
expect some environmental impact.

Where I come from, 18e9 is 18 billion.

I can't argue with that. Thanks. (I'll blame the virus from which
I'm trying to recuperate.)

It's still 98%* of all the aviation fuel consumed in US operations.
And that figure appears to fail to account for military and foreign
operations.

* http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/factcard.pdf