Re: conversion factors

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

At 09:00 AM 9/8/2004, you wrote:
> Regarding Ludwik's conversion factors:
>
> > ... Below
> >is a table of conversion factors given by
> >H. Geller in his 2003 "Energy Revolution:
> >Politics for a Sustainable Future"  book.
> > ...
> >1 TOE (ton of oil equivalent) = 4.19*10^9 J
> >        =4.19 GJ
> >
> >1 BBL (barrel of oil) = 6.1*10^9 J = 6.1 GJ
> > ...
>
> Ludwik, do you have a typo somewhere here or does Geller
> really claim that a barrel of oil weighs about 3/2 ton?
>
> David Bowman


No time to look it up - but a barrel looks like it might hold
 40 gal - and a (US) gal of oil ought to weigh around 6 lb -
so a barrel might possibly be 250 lb hence  8 to the (US) ton
If 1 TOE is really 4.2E9 J then a barrel would comprise
maybe 5.4E8 J - this doesn't look right?



Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!