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

[Jordan Hayes]

>> this planet burns more dung for fuel than it does oil.
>
> 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%.

Oil is far more dense in energy than dung (somewhere between 3x and 4x), 
and anyway I'm not talking about quads produced as a result; I'm talking 
about actual amounts.  And those EIA numbers don't capture a lot of the 
residential dung burning (which is a big part of it, if not the 
majority).


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

And close to 50% of the airborne particulates do too.

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Since you brought up the EIA, I'll give this link as something that I 
enjoyed and "agree" with.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/carbonemiss/introduction.html

/jordan