[geeks] electric cars

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: James Fogg <James at jdfogg.com>
>Date: 2006/10/22 Sun PM 11:26:24 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] electric cars

>> > A careful calculation of the requirements for 100% soybean oil
>> > conversion from fossil fuel showed that a beanfield equivalent to a
>> > square 500 square miles on each side in size could replace all our
>> > fossil fuel needs.
>>
>> I am having trouble parsing that sentence, James.
>
>Soy oil is an excellent direct substitute for diesel fuel.
>If the USA were to decide to switch from fossil oil to soy oil we would
>need a soybean field 500 square miles in size. Such acerage would
>produce enough soy oil to meet our current fossil oil demands. This
>includes the the demand if all gasoline engines were converted to
>diesel, or if soy were converted to a lighter fuel to replace gasoline.
>
>I think it's a good use for Texas myself :-)

Why, whene there's so much oil underneath it? ;^)