= Transport Efficiency =

https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/mass-transit/fast-trains-are-energy-efficient-and-fast

pkm == passenger-kilometer

|| Honda Civic               ||     2 MJ/km ||
|| Advanced Passenger Jet    ||  1.5 MJ/pkm ||
|| Half full subway train    ||  0.1 MJ/pkm ||
|| Shinkansen                || 0.35 MJ/pkm ||
|| French TGV and German ICE ||  0.2 MJ/pkm ||

WAG Launch loop 1000 kg/passenger, 75950 km to Construction station, 90% efficency, 10 km/s;  5.56E5 MJ/p, 0.73 MJ/pkm .

Aldrin Cycler to Mars, 12 km/s launch, 20,000 kg/passenger, 0.5 AU, 75e6 km, 50% efficiency, 0.04 MJ/pkm .

Launch loop is an efficient form of transport to very distant destinations ...