Biofuels represent one renewable energy source …Obama said?
Biofuels represent one renewable energy
source …Obama said, ‘By 2022, we will
more than double the amount of biofuels
we produce to 36 billion gallons, which
will decrease our dependence on foreign
oil by hundreds of millions of barrels per
year.’”
? 1) Give me a number, how many barrels of oil are equivalent
to 36 billion gallons of biofuels?
? 2) What fraction of our total energy demand in 2022 does
this represent?
? 3) What fraction of our farmland is required to produce this
many gallons of biofuels?
Biofuels represent one renewable energy
source …Obama said, ‘By 2022, we will
more than double the amount of biofuels
we produce to 36 billion gallons, which
will decrease our dependence on foreign
oil by hundreds of millions of barrels per
year.’”
? 1) Give me a number, how many barrels of oil are equivalent
to 36 billion gallons of biofuels?
? 2) What fraction of our total energy demand in 2022 does
this represent?
? 3) What fraction of our farmland is required to produce this
many gallons of biofuels?