Question
Environmental Chemistry Question on Some Important Carbon Compounds – Ethanol And Ethanoic Acid
In a region, total annual consumption of gasoline is 30.6 million tons. The land required for growing sugarcane to produce enough bioethanol to replace the gasoline completely is ___________ km2 (an integer value).
Ethanol energy equivalent is 67% of gasoline, gasoline density is 850 kg/m3, yield of bioethanol produced from sugarcane per hectare of land is 3750 L, and 1 km2 = 100 hectares
Answer
The correct answer is : 143280 to 144000