We need to burn fuel to counter the downward force of gravity and go the opposite direction. Now you have asserted a lateral force exists that we do not need extra fuel to overcome.
So you're suggesting the atmosphere just has enough momentum then? Effectively you're now giving clouds and the atmosphere basically an orbital velocity. Nonetheless, traveling with this moving (physically dense) atmosphere should cost more fuel than traveling against it to cover the same distance east or west.(points on the ground are headed east)
We need to burn fuel to counter the downward force of gravity and go the opposite direction. Now you have asserted a lateral force exists that we do not need extra fuel to overcome.
So you're suggesting the atmosphere just has enough momentum then? Effectively you're now giving clouds and the atmosphere basically an orbital velocity. Nonetheless, traveling with this moving (physically dense) atmosphere should cost more fuel than traveling against it to cover the same distance east or west.(points on the ground are headed east)