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randac
1098 days ago
Also using close to $1m in fuel per trip (according to the CEO), not that it changes your point
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flir
1098 days ago
Not doubting you, but how is that possible? (A quick, unverified Google throws back "A standard Panamax containership has operational costs of about $9 million per year")
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coffeebeqn
1098 days ago
Also a large private jet uses about 540 gallons of fuel per hour. That’s very roughly $5400/h in air
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Filligree
1097 days ago
Those use cheap diesel.
What sort of fuel do you use underwater?
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detaro
1097 days ago
electricity. which you probably got from cheap diesel in a generator on your carrier ship.
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skrblr
1098 days ago
I saw (probably) the same video and thought he was saying the company's lifetime fuel costs were $1M.
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pests
1098 days ago
I really don't see how that is possible.
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coffeebeqn
1098 days ago
Maybe they fill it up with solid gold to sink and then drop it all into the ocean as they ascend
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cwmoore
1097 days ago
HODL
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mp2
1097 days ago
don't do this
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