[lbo-talk] Oil Is A Renewable Resource! Take That, You Peaksters!

[Gar Lipow]

On 9/9/06, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> >> So there's a new oil
> >> field. Why do some receive this as a message from God?
>
> Don't forget: this planet burns more dung for fuel than it does oil.
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Not according to the EIA
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table18.xls

world Petro consumption 2004                      167.5     quad
World primary energy consumption 2004       283.629 quad

So petroleum alone in 59%. That means any claim that "dung burned
exceeds oil" would be wrong even if our only two sources were dung and
oil\

Around 14% of world energy consumption comes from biomass
http://www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/RENEW/Biomass/BiomassHome.shtml

(I think that figure may be a bit low. I've heard as high as 25%.)
Most of that comes from wood, and other veggie sources.