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Since imperial is a silly system

It is.

perhaps it's best to go with the 16 oz pint that weighs a pound.

no the best thing is to go metric rather than the system where a pint differs by 20% and...

OOOhh, 1oz = 1oz,

I assume you mean floz since we're talking about volume here in which case 1floz = 0.96976 floz

http://www.metric-conversions....

so complicated!

Indeed!

What is the circumference of the Earth? How far around is the Earth?

The average radius of the Earth is 3,959 miles (6,374 kilometers).
The equitorial diameter of the Earth (distance from one side of the Earth to the other at the equator) is about 7,926 miles.

The ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle (circumference/diameter)
is written as the symbol pi.
Pi is approximately 3.141592.
3.14159265
3.1415926535

Therefore, to determine the circumference from the diameter given above:
equitorial diameter x 3.141592 = equitorial circumference
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7,926 x 3.141592 = 24,900
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The earth has a circumference of approximately 24,900 miles.

More precisely the circumference of the earth
at the equator is 24,902 mi / 40,076 km.

Source:http://lyberty.com/encyc/articles/earth.html

5.1Mach = 1.7355km/s
Source: http://www.metric-conversions.org/speed/mach-to-kilometers-per-second.htm

It depends on what type of plane you are flying in and what air routes you plan to take. The typical duration is usually 2 days to 4 days.

For instance, an F-16 could theoretically circumspect the world in slightly less than 78 hours. But that's only possible if all the refuellings are conducted as in-flight refuellings, via airborne tankers. With luck and some good currents around, it might shave 2 hrs or so off the total time needed. But then again, unless you can stay awake for 3 days without sleep, its damn near impossible to do that.

For a civilian airliner like a Boeing 747 or an Airbus, it would take around the same amount of time, largely due to the need to bring it down to an airstrip for refuelling. But because of its huge internal fuel capacity, it could remain airborne far longer than an F-16.

To help you with your essay, I'm going to list the conditions required to accomplish this in a realistic manner:

1) Type of aircraft and its configuration
A civilian airliner jet (like those 2 mention earlier) typically have intercontinental ranges in excess of 3,000km. Also, they are capable of carrying huge quantities of internal fuel. Assuming you take a Boeing 747, removed all the seats in the passenger compartment and turn them, along with the cargo area into fuel storage, that range will be increased dramatically, from 3,000km to 7,000km.

Taking it further, by adding a refuelling receptor to the jet itself, similar to those used by the Air Force for its planes like the C-17 Globemaster III, the maximum range effectively becomes unlimited.

2) The human factor
Flight operations are no trivial task. While computers and automated intelligent system have made it easier for modern day pilots, the task of flying itself is still a tiring activity. Pilots need to maintain vigilance not only over the flight systems on the aircraft but also need to keep an eye out for weather conditions. Although the availability of long range radar and weather satellites have made detection of distance storms easier and earlier, its ultimately a human that takes actions to avoid it.

Maintaining wakefulness is a mentally exhausting affair, especially when is also an extremely dull affair, since an un-occupied mind is a bored mind, which translate into mental lethargy, which is also sleepiness. A human being usually loses his ability to react quickly after 12 hours of continuous flying. After 18 hours, that ability falls by 10% for every 2 hours after that.

3) Flight profile and weather conditions
The reason why airliner jets can sustain long range flights is because it cruises along at high altitudes. This is one of the aspects of aerodynamics, the higher you fly, the less fuel you burn, thus allow maximum milage per pound of fuel.

Air currents can aid and also hinders an aircraft's performance. With the proper air currents available (dependant on the time of

Yeah, I had to use this.

>What is this "meter" you speak of .. I only know of the metre
I'm in the UK and I've only seen the meter spelling.
http://www.metric-conversions.org/length/meters-to-feet.htm

Answer: 200 kg = 440.924 lb
OR 440 lb and 14.79 oz
1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds
http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/kilograms-to-pounds.htm
Also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54mf61KN7wA

Actually, based on some off the cuff calculations...

Current solar acreage is probably small. A very large solar plant takes .2 sq miles.
http://www.metaefficient.com/news/north-americas-largest-solar-electric-plant-in-switched-on.html
http://www.metric-conversions.org/cgi-bin/util/convert.cgi

Electric Plant
It looks like electric plants maybe about 75 acres to 170 acres.
(various google "electric plant acres" results.
Say 125 acres average.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/ipp/ipp_sum.html
350mw per plant (19,300mw/55 plants)
604,514 = 1727 electric plants currently

This equates to roughly 300 square miles of electrical plants currently. I'm not sure if the gov site includes dams, windfarms, and nukes. I know windfarms get pretty big (google: 40000-Acre Wind Farm (~62 sq miles), 2000 turbines over 200000 acres (~310 sq miles), Indian Mesa wind farm situated on 34000 acres in West Texas).

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That is a fluid ounce. And i'm guessing that is 3.9 fl oz of pure alcohol. Guess the kegbot is set to lightweight. The Fraterity setting would be alot higher.