I still can’t wrap my head around the physics. Commercial jets weigh more than private jets and carry much more people (which also contributes to the extra weight)
Doesn’t that mean the plane would have to do extra work to move around, and thus consume more fuel as an energy source?
Shouldn’t that make them emit more gases as end products of combustion?
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1. Bigger engines tend to me a bit more efficient than smaller ones.
2. Their primary argument, however, is that the emissions per passenger mile are MUCH greater on a private plane. It is more efficient to cram/ship 300 people in a large metal tube, than it is to ship them in 75 smaller metal tubes.
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