Fuel dumps also know as fuel jettison is a ‘rare’ occurrence where pilots have to dump the excess fuel that is weighing the plane down which can cause complications with the landing process. It is said to only be used in emergencies but a British study from 1999 found that about 0.01% of fuel is dumped per year https://www.businessinsider.com/planes-dump-jet-fuel-aircraft-landing-emergency-2019-12?amp In the year 2021 just commercial planes used 57 billion gallons of fuel which means 5.7 million gallons of fuel rained down on us like manna from God himself https://www.statista.com/statistics/655057/fuel-consumption-of-airlines-worldwide/ Different plane fuels weight in between 6-6.75 pounds per gallon but for this example I will just use 6ppg https://support.foreflight.com/hc/en-us/articles/6297854155159-What-fuel-density-does-Weight-Balance-use- That means in the year 2021 we had 34.2 million pounds of fuel kissing our skin like the morning dew glazing the grassy fields where the birds and the bees roam from ground to trees. And here’s just some additional reading https://www.gao.gov/assets/lcd-76-447.pdf
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