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chmeeee · 04-10-2008, 12:51 PM

I am taking data on fuel usage from the following two sources:

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...4746.Es.r.html

http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/quickfacts/quickoil.html

Space shuttle uses 3.5M lbs of fuel
US uses 2.5B lbs of gasoline per day
Space shuttle uses the equivalent of 0.14% of US daily gasoline consumption
US uses 388.6M gallons of gasoline per day (second source)
Space shuttle uses the equivalent of 544,000 gallons of gasoline

I can't find figures on the Nortech, so I'll assume it burns 5x as much fuel as my V8 bowrider. That would be 0.6 mpg. The Nortech probably has approximately the same passenger capacity as the space shuttle (ironic!).

You would have to navigate 326,000 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee in that boat to use the same amount of fuel. If you assume a conservative average speed of 60 mph (mix of high speed blasts and low speed cruising), that would be 5,400 hours. I've never seen a boat with hours that high.

Of course this doesn't take into account the fact that the shuttle burns a different fuel, but thats beyond my expertise.

04-10-2008, 12:51 PM	#55
chmeeee Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Central CT Posts: 90 Thanks: 19 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	More space shuttle numbers I am taking data on fuel usage from the following two sources: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives...4746.Es.r.html http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/quickfacts/quickoil.html Space shuttle uses 3.5M lbs of fuel US uses 2.5B lbs of gasoline per day Space shuttle uses the equivalent of 0.14% of US daily gasoline consumption US uses 388.6M gallons of gasoline per day (second source) Space shuttle uses the equivalent of 544,000 gallons of gasoline I can't find figures on the Nortech, so I'll assume it burns 5x as much fuel as my V8 bowrider. That would be 0.6 mpg. The Nortech probably has approximately the same passenger capacity as the space shuttle (ironic!). You would have to navigate 326,000 miles on Lake Winnipesaukee in that boat to use the same amount of fuel. If you assume a conservative average speed of 60 mph (mix of high speed blasts and low speed cruising), that would be 5,400 hours. I've never seen a boat with hours that high. Of course this doesn't take into account the fact that the shuttle burns a different fuel, but thats beyond my expertise.