3.2.6   Yield of Oil from Crops   

• Note: All figures are in US gallons per acre (4,840 square yards or about 4,050 square metres).
  
  
• Corn (18), Soybean (48), Peanuts (113), Rapeseed (127), Jatropha (202), Oil Palm (635) and Algae (10,000).
  
  
• Algae, which has a natural oil content of more than 50%, produces over 200 times more oil per acre than soybeans.
  
  
• One report indicated that if America relied soley upon soybean to provide all it’s current transportation and heating needs, the crop would occupy an area equal to twice the size of the country.