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Article #2599Re: There is enough oil on Earth for 1000 years !
From: Roland PJ
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:53
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:53
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Ed Earl Ross wrote: ... > Please, someone check my arithmetic and research. I am a bit dyslexic, > and sometimes cannot see my errors. This figure is incredible to me, due > to the following: > > According to hypertextbook.com there are 1.347e9cu.m of water in the > oceans (1.347e9cu.m is 1.347 thousand million cubic meters). Ed, I'm on your side, but the value for ocean volume is in km^3, not m^3. > > If my calculations are correct, 1000 years of oil consumption (not > accounting for future increased consumption) would use more than 2000 > times as much oil as there is water in the oceans. That would amount to 1/2 of the oceans' volume per year, clearly not right! Roland
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