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		Rescis on July 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel stepping down I think those numbers are for passenger flights carrying large amounts of people, not private jets carrying very few.

titojankowski on July 26, 2019 [–]

Good point, you're totally right! I don't think they covered that in the book. Here's the relevant chapter if calculations on flight: http://withouthotair.com/c5/page_35.shtml

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