Re: Fuel Wasted By SUV Era Only 36 Billion Bbls; Only $2 Trillion

China has only just started their SUV craze. How long will that last? By
2020, they are projected to have more vehicles than the U.S.

"Bret Cahill" <BretCahill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Assume
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> 1. The SUV era will last 20 years: 1985 - 2005
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> 2. The U. S. uses 1/2 the planet's gasoline.
>
> 3. One half of petroleum goes to gas or diesel.
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> 4. SUVs got 1/2 the mileage of conventional motor vehicles.
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> 5. One half of vehicles in the U. S. were SUVs
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> 6. World production of petroleum averaged 80 million bbls/day
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> 80 million X 365 X 20 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2 = 36 billion bbls
>
> Assuming $60/bbl oil and that comes to 2 trillion dollars.
>
> What was the big deal about SUVs? We can get more oil than that from
> Iraqi oil fields.
>
>
> Bret Cahill
>


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