Another bit of fun
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:11 am
I see that we have some real calculating types on this forum, so following on from “Bit of Fun” perhaps someone might like to wrap their brain round this one.
If the mass of the earth is reduced to an “eggshell” (a hollow sphere), which is, say, 20 miles thick, and just 5% of that mass is oil, how much oil have we got left – maximum!?
I’ve no idea if the figures of 20 miles as the max depth for oil, or 5% are anywhere near correct but I can help a bit with the information that 100 cu metres is equivalent to 852 barrels (US) of oil. (See ‘The Conversion Site’).
Oh, I did try to work it out myself but my calculator couldn’t cope and I got confused with decimal points.
Might give us some solid oil facts to work on instead of all the guessing!
If the mass of the earth is reduced to an “eggshell” (a hollow sphere), which is, say, 20 miles thick, and just 5% of that mass is oil, how much oil have we got left – maximum!?
I’ve no idea if the figures of 20 miles as the max depth for oil, or 5% are anywhere near correct but I can help a bit with the information that 100 cu metres is equivalent to 852 barrels (US) of oil. (See ‘The Conversion Site’).
Oh, I did try to work it out myself but my calculator couldn’t cope and I got confused with decimal points.
Might give us some solid oil facts to work on instead of all the guessing!