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Old 02-26-2006, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by DieselAddict
I read that with algae 1/8 of the Sonora Desert is all that would be needed to supply the entire US.
Is that current needs or what? Because the way I see it, we use diesel mostly for trucking. If we wanted to make a huge move to diesel, would that number still hold? IOW if say half of our cars were to be diesel, would that number still hold true?
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