New Posts For Thread: Could we all be growing our own fuel? Fact or fiction?!https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/27112185/could-we-all-be-growing-our-own-fuel-fact-or-fictionhttp://www.cnbc.com/id/41810005/An interesting read either way.alternative fuels are bu11sh1t - get used to povertyhttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/27112185/could-we-all-be-growing-our-own-fuel-fact-or-fiction?post_id=487838733#487838733alternative fuels are bu11sh1t - get used to povertyThu, 03 Mar 2011 07:06:07 -0600Well theres 35 gallons to a barrel so thats 2800 million gallons a day and this fuel can produce 41 gallons per acre per day, so to replace oil you would need 68,292682 acres or 276370 km 2 - so yes Whippet, you're right!! They will be able to replahttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/27112185/could-we-all-be-growing-our-own-fuel-fact-or-fiction?post_id=487697197#487697197Well theres 35 gallons to a barrel so thats 2800 million gallons a day and this fuel can produce 41 gallons per acre per day, so to replace oil you would need 68,292682 acres or 276370 km 2 - so yes Whippet, you're right!! They will be able to replaWed, 02 Mar 2011 04:42:54 -0600Presuming they can produce 15,000 gallons per acre per year, it seems pretty viable. Based on current world oil usage of 80 million barrels a day. By my calculation you would need 300,000 km^2 of land to produce that amount (ok, that is half the sizehttps://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/27112185/could-we-all-be-growing-our-own-fuel-fact-or-fiction?post_id=487655485#487655485Presuming they can produce 15,000 gallons per acre per year, it seems pretty viable. Based on current world oil usage of 80 million barrels a day. By my calculation you would need 300,000 km^2 of land to produce that amount (ok, that is half the sizeTue, 01 Mar 2011 18:13:53 -0600http://www.cnbc.com/id/41810005/An interesting read either way.https://community.betfair.com/tradefair__financials/go/thread/view/94198/27112185/could-we-all-be-growing-our-own-fuel-fact-or-fiction?post_id=487627397#487627397http://www.cnbc.com/id/41810005/An interesting read either way.Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:27:48 -0600