ABOUT THIS PARAMETER

days of fuel storage

This parameter refers to the number of days that a fuel is stored before it is combusted or otherwise converted to a useful state.

Used to calculate:fossil fuels consumed, biomass fuels consumed, fossil fuels and biomass fuels

Varies by: fuel and lifestyle

Used fuel lifestyle Reference Location: Ecosystem
(study period)		 Value Units Notes
* Biodiesel Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 Annual Energy Review 2011 USA: All (prior to 2012) 33 days In 2011 the US consumed 20,915 thousand barrels of biodiesel and stored 1,902 thousand barrels at the end of the year. The stored amount as a percentage of the consumed was 9.1% or equivalent to 33 days of storage.
* Biodiesel Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 33 days Assumed the same value as Average American
* Biodiesel Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 47 days same as diesel for average New Yorker
* Biodiesel Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 47 days Assumed same as Average New Yorker, same as diesel for average New Yorker
* Biodiesel Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape don't use or store biodiesel.
* Coal Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 Annual Energy Review 2011 USA: All (prior to 2012) 82 days In 2011 nationwide the total consumption of coal was 1,003.1 million short tons and the amount stored was 226.2 million short tons, or equivalent to 22.6% of the consumed amount, equivalent to 82 days of stored coal.
* Coal Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 82 days Assumed the same as Average American
* Coal Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 82 days Assume same as average American
* Coal Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 82 days Assume same as average American
* Coal Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store coal.
* Diesel / light fuel oil Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids US: All () 38 days In 2011, nationwide 1,423,082 thousand barrels of distillate fuel oil were consumed and the average stock (inventory) was 149,212 thousand barrels. Thus on average 10.5% was in storage at any given time, which is equivalent to 38 days per year.
* Diesel / light fuel oil Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 38 days Assume same as average American
* Diesel / light fuel oil Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 47 days In 2011 in the PADD 1 region (which includes New York), 425,354 thousand barrels of distillate fuel oil was consumed and 55,272 thousand barrels were stored. The stored amount is 13% of the consumed, or equivalent to 47 days of storage.
* Diesel / light fuel oil Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 47 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Diesel / light fuel oil Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store diesel fuel.
* Electricity Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 Annual Energy Review 2011 USA: All (prior to 2012) 0.52 days In 2011, the US consumed 4,105.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. 5.9 billion of those kilowatt-hours were stored in pumped hydro storage, or approximately 0.14%, equivalent to 0.52 days of storage, neglecting household, vehicle and industrial batteries and other forms of electricity storage.
* Electricity Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0.52 days Assume same as average American
* Electricity Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days We assume no large-scale electricity storage in New York currently
* Electricity Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Assume same as average American
* Electricity Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store electricity.
* Ethanol Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 Annual Energy Review 2011 USA: All (prior to 2012) 22 days In 2011 the US consumed 306,454 thousand barrels of fuel ethanol nationwide and stored at the end of the year 18,261 thousand barrels. Stored as a percentage of consumed was 5.96%, equivalent to 22 days.
* Ethanol Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 22 days Assume same as average American
* Ethanol Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 268 days In 2011 in PADD 1 region, 6,097 thousand barrels of fuel ethanol were stored and 8,315 thosand barrels consumed, which suggests that the stored supply represents 73.3%, or 268 days of fuel stored. (Which seems rather high...)
* Ethanol Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 268 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Ethanol Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store ethanol for fuel.
* Gas-electric hybrid Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids US: All () 25 days see calculation for gasoline
* Gas-electric hybrid Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 25 days Assume same as average American
* Gas-electric hybrid Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 3 days See calculations under gasoline
* Gas-electric hybrid Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 3 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Gas-electric hybrid Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store gasoline.
* Gasoline Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids US: All () 25 days In 2011, nationwide 3,194,754 thousand barrels of total motor gasoline were consumed and average stock (inventory) was 223,147 thousand barrels, or on average 7.0% was in storage at any given time, which is equivalent to 25 days per year.
* Gasoline Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 25 days Assume same as average American
* Gasoline Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 3 days In 2011 in the PADD 1 reporting region (which includes New York), 1,148,911 thousand barrels of motor gasoline was consumed and 9,357 thousand barrels was stored. Stored amounts were 0.81% of consumption, equivalent to 3 days of storage.
* Gasoline Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 3 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Gasoline Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store gasoline.
* Geothermal Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Geothermal energy can't be stored as such!
* Geothermal Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Geothermal energy can't be stored as such!
* Geothermal Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Geothermal energy can't be stored as such!
* Geothermal Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Geothermal energy can't be stored as such!
* Geothermal Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically the Lenape didn't use or store geothermal energy.
* Hydroelectric Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 183 days We assume that half of the hydroelectric potential of the country is available on average
* Hydroelectric Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 183 days Assume same as average American
* Hydroelectric Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days There are no hydroelectric storage facilities in New York City
* Hydroelectric Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days
* Hydroelectric Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store hydroelectricity.
* Hydrogen Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2008 Impact of Increased Use of Hydrogen on Petroleum Consumption ... USA: All (2008) 30 days In 2006 US hydrogen fuel production capacity was 10,683 metric tons / year. There are no official statistics on storage. We assume, based on other fuel types, that there might be 30 days of storage capacity at current utilization rates and given the difficulty of storing hydrogen gas.
* Hydrogen Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 30 days Assume same as average American
* Hydrogen Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 30 days See notes under average American
* Hydrogen Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 30 days Assume same as average American
* Hydrogen Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store hydrogen fuel.
* Jet fuel Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids US: All () 29 days In 2011 nationwide 520,250 thousand barrels of kerosene-type jet fuel was consumed and on average 41,483 thousand barrels were stored. Stored amount as a percentage of consumption is 8.0%, or equivalent to 29 days per year.
* Jet fuel Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 29 days Assume same as average American
* Jet fuel Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 19 days In 2011 in PADD 1 region, 200,013 thousand barrels of kerosene-type jet fuel was consumed, and 10,300 thousand barrels were stored on average. Stored amounts represent 5.1% of consumption, of an equivalent of 19 days of fuel stored.
* Jet fuel Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 19 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Jet fuel Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store jet fuel.
* Kerosene Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids US: All () 150 days In 2011 nationwide the US consumed 4,468 thousand barrels of kerosene and stored on average 1,839 thousand barrels, so the stored amount is 41.2%, which is equivalent to 150 days of storage.
* Kerosene Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 150 days Assume same as average American
* Kerosene Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 265 days In 2011 in PADD 1 region (which includes New York), 2,377 thousand barrels of kerosene were consumed and 1,729 thousand barrels were stored. Stored kerosene thus represents 73% of consumption, or an equivalent of 265 days of storage
* Kerosene Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 265 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Kerosene Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store kerosene.
* Municipal solid waste Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 30 days We assume 30 days of waste storage for waste-to-energy plants. See for additional information: Michaels, T. 2007. “The 2007 IWSA Directory of Waste-to-Energy Plants”. [Washington, D.C.]: Integrated Waste Services Association.
* Municipal solid waste Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 30 days Assume same as average American
* Municipal solid waste Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days We assume the average New Yorker doesn't have any room to store municipal solid waste for fuel since there are no active landfills in the city of any kind
* Municipal solid waste Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Municipal solid waste Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store solid waste for fuel.
* Muscle Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 365 days Americans are assumed to always have their muscles available!
* Muscle Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 365 days
* Muscle Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 365 days We assume New Yorkers have their muscle all the time!
* Muscle Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 365 days
* Muscle Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 365 days Lenape always have their muscles!
* Natural gas Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 Annual Energy Review 2011 USA: All (prior to 2012) 116 days In 2011 the US consumed 24,369 billion cubic feet of natural gas and stored 7,767 billion cubic feet, or the stored as a percentage of consumed was 31.9%, equivalent to 116 days of stored fuel. Also see: http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/natural_gas/analysis_publications/storagebasics/storagebasics.html
* Natural gas Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 116 days Assume same as average American
* Natural gas Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 1 days ConEdison's natural gas storage facilities are "in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and northern New York state." See: http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_gas.asp. We assume that the natural gas contained in the mains and distribution network is at most one day of natural gas.
* Natural gas Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 1 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Natural gas Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store natural gas.
* Natural gas compressed (CNG) Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 38 days We assume days stored of compressed natural gas storage for transportation uses is similar gasoline or diesel or other transportation fuels.
* Natural gas compressed (CNG) Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 38 days Assume same as average American
* Natural gas compressed (CNG) Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 38 days Assume same as average American
* Natural gas compressed (CNG) Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 38 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Natural gas compressed (CNG) Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store CNG.
* Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2013 Natural Gas Annual 2011 USA: All (2011 and prior) 71 days In 2011 33,739 million cubic feet of LNG was drawn from storage and 40,313 million cubic feet was added, suggesting that on net basis the stored amount increased 6,574 million cubic feet, or approximately 19.4% of consumption, equivalent to 71 days.
* Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 71 days Assume same as average American
* Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days we assume there are no LNG storage facilities in New York City
* Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days same as average New Yorker
* Natural gas liquefied (LNG) Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store LNG.
* Nuclear material Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 Annual Energy Review 2011 USA: All (prior to 2012) 797 days In 2011 52.0 million pounds of uranium oxide were loaded into nuclear reactors and 113.6 million pounds were held in storage, so there are potentially 797 days of fuel to be consumed nationwide.
* Nuclear material Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 797 days Assume same as average American
* Nuclear material Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days There are no nuclear power facilities in New York City, so we assume there is no nuclear material stored here for use as fuel
* Nuclear material Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Nuclear material Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store nuclear materials.
* Propane / LPG Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids US: All () 46 days In 2011 the US consumed 438,570 thousand barrels and stored 54,978 thousand barrels of propane and propylene. Stored amounts were 12.5% of consumption on average, or equivalent to 46 days of storage.
* Propane / LPG Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 46 days Assume same as average American
* Propane / LPG Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 32 days In 2011 in the PADD 1 region, 68,716 thousand barrels of propane and propylene were consumed and 5,977 thousand barrels were stored. The stored amount represents 8.7% of consumption, equivalent to 32 days of stored fuel.
* Propane / LPG Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 32 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Propane / LPG Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store propane.
* Residual fuel oil Average American U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids US: All () 79 days In 2011 nationwide 168,293 thousand barrels of residual fuel oil were consumed and on average 34,189 thousand barrels were in storage. Stored amount as a percentage of consumption is 20.3%, equivalent to 79 days of fuel storage.
* Residual fuel oil Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 79 days Assume same as average American
* Residual fuel oil Average New Yorker U.S. Energy Information Administration 2012 - Petroleum & Other Liquids PADD 1: All () 43 days In 2011 in the PADD 1 region (which includes New York) 82,771 thousand barrels of residual fuel oil was consumed and 9,563 thousand barrels stored on average. The stored amount is 11.7% of consumption, equivalent to 43 days of stored fuel.
* Residual fuel oil Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 43 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Residual fuel oil Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Historically Lenape didn't use or store fuel oil.
* Solar Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Solar energy can't be stored as such!
* Solar Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days No storage for solar as such!
* Solar Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days No storage for solar as such!
* Solar Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days No storage for solar as such!
* Solar Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Solar energy can't be stored as such!
* Steam Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Steam energy can't be stored as such!
* Steam Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days No way to store steam as such!
* Steam Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Steam can not be stored as such!
* Steam Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days No way to store steam as such!
* Steam Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Steam fuel can not be stored.
* Wind Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Wind energy can't be stored as such!
* Wind Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Wind energy can't be stored as such!
* Wind Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Wind energy can't be stored as such!
* Wind Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days Wind energy can't be stored as such!
* Wind Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Wind energy can't be stored as such!
* Wood and other biomass Average American Janzé 2011 Biomass Storage Pile Basics Canada: Biomass energy facilities (2011) 25 days "Typically, biomass-fired power plants will stockpile a minimum of 20-30 days worth of fuel, but many will store 60-days worth or more."
* Wood and other biomass Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 25 days Assume same as average American
* Wood and other biomass Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 days We assume the average New Yorker doesn't have room to store wood and other biomass fuels
* Wood and other biomass Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 days Assume same as average New Yorker
* Wood and other biomass Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 3 days We assume that at any given time Lenape households would have 3 days of firewood stored.

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