The ultimate in bad gas mileage

[Sean]

remember that horrid movie speed 2 where the ship crashes into the dock and everyone is sent flying through plate glass windows for some reason even though they only decellerated .2 knots?

[Steel]

Hmm... just imagine if those cruise ships used big motherf$&#ing rotaries! hehe! they'd only get ONE inch per gallon! HA!

ROTARY POWER! .. the rotary bandit has struck again.

[bohoops1]

Utterly ridiculous! Let's use our brains. To believe 6" a gallon is just stupidity.

A popular 3 night cruise destination is from Port Canaveral, Fl to Nassau, Bahamas and is about 650 miles round trip. At 6" a gallon (or 10,560 gallons a mile) the trip would burn 6,864,000 (almost 7 million) gallons of fuel. If the cruise line got a great deal on fuel at $1.50 /gal, the cost of the fuel for this trip would be $10,296,000. That's right, over ten million dollars. If the ship was filled with the maximum number of passengers, each passenger would have to pay $3,752 just to cover the cost of the fuel. The most expensive ticket on this cruise is about $1,800. Hmmm! Think something is wrong here? The average ticket is probably somewhere around $400. Let's give the author of the 6"/gal quote the benefit of the doubt and say each passenger pays $1,000 for the trip. That would leave a shortfall of $7,552,000 (that's right over 7.5 million dollars). Now add the cost of unlimited food for both passengers and crew, salaries of the crew, mortgage and taxes on the ship, etc. and the shortfall would be close to $8 million for this trip. Now multiply that by 2 trips a week and 52 weeks a year and the cruise line lost over $800 million for the year.

The actual distance traveled per gallon is about 34.8ft (QE2 facts). If fuel costs are $2.50/gal, the cost of fuel for this trip would be about $400,000 including idling time.

We already have a wrongly perceived lack of intelligence from the general public (grease monkey's - hence: monkeys are not as smart as humans). Please don't say or spread statements (6"/gal) that would confirm this (grease monkey's) and please think first before we embarrass ourselves further. We are much smarter than people give us credit for.

[Dustin_S]

Originally Posted by bohoops1

Utterly ridiculous! Let's use our brains. To believe 6" a gallon is just stupidity.

A popular 3 night cruise destination is from Port Canaveral, Fl to Nassau, Bahamas and is about 650 miles round trip. At 6" a gallon (or 10,560 gallons a mile) the trip would burn 6,864,000 (almost 7 million) gallons of fuel. If the cruise line got a great deal on fuel at $1.50 /gal, the cost of the fuel for this trip would be $10,296,000. That's right, over ten million dollars. If the ship was filled with the maximum number of passengers, each passenger would have to pay $3,752 just to cover the cost of the fuel. The most expensive ticket on this cruise is about $1,800. Hmmm! Think something is wrong here? The average ticket is probably somewhere around $400. Let's give the author of the 6"/gal quote the benefit of the doubt and say each passenger pays $1,000 for the trip. That would leave a shortfall of $7,552,000 (that's right over 7.5 million dollars). Now add the cost of unlimited food for both passengers and crew, salaries of the crew, mortgage and taxes on the ship, etc. and the shortfall would be close to $8 million for this trip. Now multiply that by 2 trips a week and 52 weeks a year and the cruise line lost over $800 million for the year.

The actual distance traveled per gallon is about 29ft. If fuel costs are $2.50/gal, the cost of fuel for this trip would be about $400,000 including idling time.

We already have a wrongly perceived lack of intelligence from the general public (grease monkey's - hence: monkeys are not as smart as humans). Please don't say or spread statements (6"/gal) that would confirm this (grease monkey's) and please think first before we embarrass ourselves further. We are much smarter than people give us credit for.

Are you smart enough to notice the date of the most recent reply?

Please think first before you embarrass yourself further.

[bohoops1]

What's the date got to do with it? I've had several e-mails in the last 3-4 months stating the 6"/gal figure and have traced two of the sources to this thread. Sorry, if the truth hurts.

[blazee]

Originally Posted by bohoops1

Utterly ridiculous! Let's use our brains. To believe 6" a gallon is just stupidity.

A popular 3 night cruise destination is from Port Canaveral, Fl to Nassau, Bahamas and is about 650 miles round trip. At 6" a gallon (or 10,560 gallons a mile) the trip would burn 6,864,000 (almost 7 million) gallons of fuel. If the cruise line got a great deal on fuel at $1.50 /gal, the cost of the fuel for this trip would be $10,296,000. That's right, over ten million dollars. If the ship was filled with the maximum number of passengers, each passenger would have to pay $3,752 just to cover the cost of the fuel. The most expensive ticket on this cruise is about $1,800. Hmmm! Think something is wrong here? The average ticket is probably somewhere around $400. Let's give the author of the 6"/gal quote the benefit of the doubt and say each passenger pays $1,000 for the trip. That would leave a shortfall of $7,552,000 (that's right over 7.5 million dollars). Now add the cost of unlimited food for both passengers and crew, salaries of the crew, mortgage and taxes on the ship, etc. and the shortfall would be close to $8 million for this trip. Now multiply that by 2 trips a week and 52 weeks a year and the cruise line lost over $800 million for the year.

The actual distance traveled per gallon is about 34.8ft (QE2 facts). If fuel costs are $2.50/gal, the cost of fuel for this trip would be about $400,000 including idling time.

We already have a wrongly perceived lack of intelligence from the general public (grease monkey's - hence: monkeys are not as smart as humans). Please don't say or spread statements (6"/gal) that would confirm this (grease monkey's) and please think first before we embarrass ourselves further. We are much smarter than people give us credit for.

I can't believe nobody noticed that sooner. I just read this and immediately worked out that it was over 10,000 gallons per mile, and then scrolled down to see who else called BS. Surprisingly noone else did.

[blazee]

Originally Posted by Dustin_S

Are you smart enough to notice the date of the most recent reply?

Please think first before you embarrass yourself further.

Please be polite to our new members. There is nothing time sensitive about this thread.

[bohoops1]

Originally Posted by blazee

Please be polite to our new members. There is nothing time sensitive about this thread.

Thanks blazee.

I wasn't trying to be a wise guy or anything, just trying to correct a falsehood that's been flying around the internet quite a bit lately. All too often we just repeat information without first corroborating it. It really makes us look foolish sometimes, which ultimately hurts our credibility. Especially, if we say something outlandish that would make our customers think twice about our credibility and then they go elsewhere. I was just trying to help by pointing out a very, very obvious mistake.

Over 10,000/gal a mile does seem a bit off.

Thanks again for your politeness and welcoming me..

[blazee]

Originally Posted by bohoops1

Thanks blazee.

I wasn't trying to be a wise guy or anything, just trying to correct a falsehood that's been flying around the internet quite a bit lately. All too often we just repeat information without first corroborating it. It really makes us look foolish sometimes, which ultimately hurts our credibility. Especially, if we say something outlandish that would make our customers think twice about our credibility and then they go elsewhere. I was just trying to help by pointing out a very, very obvious mistake.

Over 10,000/gal a mile does seem a bit off.

Thanks again for your politeness and welcoming me..

You're welcome. Feel free to look around and join in any conversations that interest you.

This post got caught by the spam filter for some reason and wasn't showing up. All is fixed now.

[Gohan Ryu]

Originally Posted by bohoops1

All too often we just repeat information without first corroborating it.

What drugs are you taking? That never happens on the internet. And it especially never happens on automotive websites

[blazee]

Originally Posted by Gohan Ryu

What drugs are you taking? That never happens on the internet. And it especially never happens on automotive websites

I just love the ones that originate in emails... like don't shop at target because it is owned by Satan worshipers.... BECAREFUL, people with AIDS are hiding dirty needles in seats at the movie theaters... Don't go to night clubs because you'll get raped....Police are telling people to avoid walmart because a gang is going to kill 3 women.


I try to spread the word about Snopes and get people to look stuff up before they spread it around but it's hopeless. Most things are dispelled on snopes, but for some reason the 6" per gallon story isn't there, I guess they decided not to waste their time, because they didn't think anyone would believe that.

[WickedNYCowboy]

Originally Posted by Sean

remember that horrid movie speed 2 where the ship crashes into the dock and everyone is sent flying through plate glass windows for some reason even though they only decellerated .2 knots?

Why would I want to. But yes that was pretty amazing horrible hollywood effects at it's best.