Re: [TML] You call that a yacht? Rupert Boleyn 01 Jan 2021 04:09 UTC

On 01Jan2021 1554, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
> On 12/31/2020 9:16 PM, Rupert Boleyn wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 01Jan2021 1253, Kurt Feltenberger wrote:
>>> A new video just dropped regarding fueling /Dilbar /(the largest
>>> yacht by volume/power)...and that is something that would get the
>>> ground crews at a starport talking...
>>>
>>> https://youtu.be/w2bdHMgk2vU
>>>
>>> (If my math is right...)
>>> Granted, fuel in Traveller is rather cheap (Cr500/ton). /Dilbar/
>>> carries just above 1,000,000 liters of fuel, and if we use
>>> 13.5kliters = 1 ton, it is 74 tons of fuel, or Cr37,000.  In the
>>> real world, that same 1m liters of fuel would cost ~$750k...
>> If you go by volume. If you go by mass it's about 830 tonnes, and
>> will cost ~KCr415.
>
> Yet, Traveller goes by volume...
Well, for fuel it's the same.

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