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To: Recon Dad

I think you’d be suprised what a barrel of oil weighs. By my (rushed) math, the coal to make a barrel of oil looks like it weighs about twice what the barrel of oil does. In other words, they are similar magnitudes...


59 posted on 02/19/2010 8:58:53 PM PST by piytar (Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
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To: piytar
A barrel of oil weighs 352 pounds. Based on the formula given in the article 2,000 pounds of coal makes 1.5 barrel's or 528 pounds.
64 posted on 02/20/2010 4:37:37 AM PST by Recon Dad ( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 122)
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