The SU received 2.6 million ton of LL oil,but produced some 100 million ton of oil .
And,what is even more important,is the role of oil for the SU:in 1940,oil was some 18.7 % of the Soviet energy mix and in 1945 15 %:much less than wood and coal .
People should remember that 75 years ago,the economy was depending on coal,not on oil .Also for the US .
Primary energy consumption in the US in 1940 (in quadrillion Btu)
Coal : 15.972
Natural gas :3.871
Petroleum :10.110
Hydroelectric : 1.442
Wood : 1.261
Petroleum was good for some 30 %
European Energy Consumption in 1938 ( in terms of millions of metric tons of hard coal)
Coal and lignite :90 %
Hydroelectric : 3 %
Liquid petroleum fuels : 7 %
And for the infamous 15 million of boots ,the figures I have seen (on the AHF) are giving for the SU in june 1941 a stock of several of hundreds of millions of boots .
And,what is even more important,is the role of oil for the SU:in 1940,oil was some 18.7 % of the Soviet energy mix and in 1945 15 %:much less than wood and coal .
People should remember that 75 years ago,the economy was depending on coal,not on oil .Also for the US .
Primary energy consumption in the US in 1940 (in quadrillion Btu)
Coal : 15.972
Natural gas :3.871
Petroleum :10.110
Hydroelectric : 1.442
Wood : 1.261
Petroleum was good for some 30 %
European Energy Consumption in 1938 ( in terms of millions of metric tons of hard coal)
Coal and lignite :90 %
Hydroelectric : 3 %
Liquid petroleum fuels : 7 %
And for the infamous 15 million of boots ,the figures I have seen (on the AHF) are giving for the SU in june 1941 a stock of several of hundreds of millions of boots .