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About the same amount of land. In North America alone, 30,000 square kilometers for all oil and gas[0]. For a rough approximation, the US produced 14% of oil
by zachrose 4y ago
About the same amount of land.
In North America alone, 30,000 square kilometers for all oil and gas[0].
For a rough approximation, the US produced 14% of oil in the world in 2021[1] and this guy on Quora[2] says that 12% of the world's oil and gas goes into aviation fuel.
[0] https://www.science.org/content/article/thirty-thousand-square-kilometers-land-lost-oil-and-gas-development https://www.science.org/content/article/thirty-thousand-squa...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_produ...
[2] https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-the-world-s-crude-oil-is-used-for-gasoline-diesel-and-jet-fuel https://www.quora.com/What-percentage-of-the-world-s-crude-o...
- leaflets2 4y agoAlready pipelines running from those areas :-) maybe in the future can transport solar jet fuel instead?
- Armisael16 4y agoThat’s all oil and gas activity; jet fuel accounts for only a very small fraction of that.