Reply to post: Re: On average, they will remain the same

Scariest climate change prediction yet: More time to eat plane food

Brangdon

Re: On average, they will remain the same

That's not how dynamics works. Think about it. If the plane's groundspeed is 300 mph, and the jet stream is also 300 mph, then one way the combined speed is 600 mph so half the travel time. But in the opposite direction the combined speed is 0 mph, so the travel time becomes infinite.

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