I often make simple calculation errors, so there may be errors below, but this is what I get, looking at the figures:
Montana daily sales of gasoline, gallons: 1.5 million gallons (EIA)
California daily sales of gasoline, gallons: 6.0 million gallons (EIA)
DKRW: the company says they can produce 21,000 barrels of gasoline on a daily basis from coal. In an earlier (2009) press release, the company stated 20,000 barrels of gasoline -- note: both press releases/new stories stated "barrels," not gallons.
- There are 42 gallons of gasoline per barrel.
- 21,000 x 42 = 882,000 gallons/day x 30 = 26 million gallons/month
- For Montana, 1.5 x 30 = 45 million gallons/month gasoline consumption, and if accurate, if DKRW could produce 26 million gallons of gasoline per month, that would amount to more than one-half of Montana's requirements.
- South Dakota requires 22,000 gallons of gasoline/day (the US government does not have data for North Dakota, but let's assume it's a bit more than South Dakota, at 30,000 gallons of gasoline/day). For the two states, we are talking about 50,000 gallons of gasoline/day --> 1.5 million gallons/month.
- The federal government does not post data for Wyoming.
- Colorada appears to use about 600,000 gallons/day --> 18 million gallons/month. DKRW could supply all of Colorado's needs, and probably all of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming as well.
- It would amount to 15 percent of California's requirement, and that percent would increase as California increases use of electric and hybrid vehicles.
