Bio Fool Fact Sheet
Bio Fool Fact Sheet
| The table shows the UK average annual rapeseed yields between 1998 and 2002, the yield is in tonnes per hectare (T/ha). From: http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/02-03/biofuels/quant_biodiesel.htm#biodiesel_summary |
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The density of diesel is about 0.8g/ml
A tonne of rapeseed oil produces approximately 1200 litres of biodiesel.
The Which? Report for 2007/8 gave the following fuel consumption figures in miles per gallon (mpg) for medium size diesel cars
Renault Megane 56mpg VW Jetta 47mpg
Mercedes A-class 47mpg
The Department of Transport gives a figure for all diesel cars in 2005 as 39 mpg
Average mileage is about 10,000 miles per year
In 2005, there were 26,208,000 cars on the road
Set Aside Land: in 2002 there was approximately 650, 000 hectares of set aside land
Agricultural Land: In the United Kingdom, in 2005, 4,583,439 hectares of land was used for crops.
DEFRA http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/land/alltables.htm
A hectare is 100m * 100m An acre is about 0.4 hectares
A hectare is about 2.47 acres A tonne is 1,000 kilograms
A UK gallon is about 4.55 litres
Diesel Consumption: In the United Kingdom in 2005 19.44 million tonnes of diesel were used for road transport. (from the Department for Transport website http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/energyenvironment/)
Table 3.1 is Petroleum Consumption: by transport mode and fuel type: United Kingdom: 1995-2005
