Comment by verandaguy
11 hours ago
It also does so in a medium where the main drag force is induced by air rather than water, which is probably a comparably significant factor
11 hours ago
It also does so in a medium where the main drag force is induced by air rather than water, which is probably a comparably significant factor
It also needs to beat up that air enough to make the resultant forces overcome gravity acting on the airliner whereas the ship just gets to float there.
Apples to orages.
Yup.
Or to structure it a the earlier comment: for comparison, it takes me about 0.000065 MWh to cycle 1 nautical mile.
That's a couple of apples.
And a maglev train?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev
You also aren’t doing so while carrying 2100 passengers sms 225 cars, I imagine.
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