CATCH 22 only 1/3 of the petroleum drawn is used as fuel; 5/12th is used as fertilizer, other fractions as lubicants, chemicals,dyes, explosives, plastics, etc bio diesel can solve some of the transport probs but we need the fertilizer to grow BIODIESEL. -------Original Message------- From: Tim Castleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 06/30/03 01:17 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Help with some simple numbers?
> > Can I get some help with these simple calculations? US petroleum consumption is 19.65 Million Barrels per day, or about 7 Billion barrels per year. (http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/2002/htm l/table_04_01.html) If we could get 2 barrels (88 gallons) of biofuel from each acre of farmland, we would need 3.5 Billion acres to meet our demand. We only have 335 Million acres of Farmland in the US. (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/meta/m5970.html) That means that even if we stopped growing food entirely, we would still come up over 3 BILLION acres short. If we find a way to get 10 barrels from each acre (440 gallons), we could nearly cover our consumption, but would have no place to grow any food. If we find a way to get 20 barrels per acre (880 gallons), we could do it with about half of the farmland available. Do these simple numbers look right? Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
