Thursday, June 26, 2008

72 mpg Dodge sedan:
www.allpar.com/model/intrepid-esx3.html

First convert to diesel, then plant algae farms--9.5 million acres of algae farms could replace U.S. petroleum:
www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html

Algae farm yields 5-8,000 g/acre (10x greater output than best food-crop):
http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2008/03/19/

Algae at $20/g need to be at $2/g:
deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695237893,00.html

Ethanol and Biodiesel Yield per Acre from Selected Crops
www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2006/Update55_data.htm

Reset your assumptions:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102555.html

Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone':
www.nationalacademies.org/headlines/20050408.html
www.news.wisc.edu/14875

Engdahl--perhaps 60% oil price on speculation:
www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Financial_Tsunami/Oil_Speculation/oil_speculation.HTM