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At 09:00 AM 9/8/2004, you wrote:
Regarding Ludwik's conversion factors:
... BelowLudwik, do you have a typo somewhere here or does Geller
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
...
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!