[USMA:24656] Cubic Tons?

[G. Stanley Doore]

Has anyone heard of cubic tons and what does it mean?   Gabriel Baird of the Capital News Service said on 2003 January 28: ". . . Ford Explorer gets less than 20 mpg and emits 11.6 cubic tons of greenhouse gases per 15,000 miles, according to U.S. Department of Energy estimates."   This is another example of the screwed up use of units which the SI cold easily straighten out.   Stan Doore