[criticaltinker]

> to produce one litre of petrol it takes 1.29 kg of oil, of which 85% (1.1 kg) is carbon. And as only 1/10,750 of the carbon remains from the plants that were buried millions of years ago, our one litre of petrol is the result of 1.1 x 10,750 = 11,825 kg of carbon from ancient plants. Finally, as plants are approximately half carbon, that means that 23.65 tonnes of plants were required to make just one litre of the petrol available at your local station

Burning Buried Sunshine discussion and link:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28214230

[dredmorbius]

Thanks.

I strongly recommend reading that paper, it's one I return to every few years.

And yes, you're quoting your comment on my previous submission ;-)