Re: There is enough oil on Earth for 1000 years !

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From: Eric Gisin
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:38

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It is easier using metric: bbl=160L. I get 12.8 Mm3 /day = 4.8 km3 / year.

"Ed Earl Ross" <edearl@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I did a little research and arithmetic, as follows:
>
> World currently consumes 80+ million barrels of oil per day (80Mbbl/da).
>
> There are 42 gallons per barrel (42g/bbl)
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>      80Mbbl/da * 42gal/bbl = 3360Mgal/da
>      3360Mgal/da is 3360 million gallons of oil per day
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> There are about 264 gallons per cubic meter (264gal/cu.m)
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>      3360Mgal/da / 264gal/cu.m = 9.2Mcu.m/da
>      9.2Mcu.m/da is 9.2 million cubic meters per day
>
> There are 365+ days per year (365+da/yr).
>
>      9.2Mcu.m/da * 365+da/yr * 1000yr = 3358000Mcu.m
>      3358000Mcu.m = 3.358MMcu.m
>      3.358MMcu.m is 3.358 million million cubic meters
>
> 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:
>

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