[NonValueAdded]

US Energy Information Agency annual consumption data at this site [via WikiAnswers]

The EIA lists 2007 US Consumption of all forms of Distillate Fuel Oil ("Diesel") as 1,531,508,000 Barrels, or 64,323,336,000 US Gallons

64,323,336,000 gallons / 15,000 gallons/acre = 4288222.4 acres = ~6700 sq miles = Connecticut + Delaware

[Our man in washington]

That does seem like a lot. On the other hand, the total land used for agriculture in the U.S. is about 2.2 billion acres, so we’d have to use less than 1/5 of one percent of that for this venture. Shouldn’t be a problem.

I suspect they are just hyping things at this point to get investors, however.

[taxcontrol]

There are 268,000+ sq miles in Texas alone. I’m thinking that 3,000 sq miles in western Texas might be good land use. Distribute the rest of the 3,700 sq miles over Wy, CO, UT, NM and AZ desert / scrub land

[Nervous Tick]

>> 64,323,336,000 gallons / 15,000 gallons/acre = 4288222.4 acres = ~6700 sq miles = Connecticut + Delaware

Covering Connecticut plus Delaware — two notorious liberal enclaves — with diesel-pooping bacterial goo? In return for energy independence?

Sounds like a Win-Win, baby! A no brainer! Please proceed.

But please make sure Biden, Liebermann, Blumenthal, Kaufmann, Coons, and all the other local sons of bi...oops, I mean native sons, are home before you release the goo. :-)

[Stegall Tx]

64,323,336,000 gallons / 15,000 gallons/acre = 4288222.4 acres = ~6700 sq miles = Connecticut + Delaware

I'm glad you did the math. That entire 70 x 100 mile stretch could be distributed around Texas without much trouble.