World yearly vegetable oil production is approximately 200 million metric tons [...

philipkglass · on June 13, 2018

[1] says 92.2 million barrels of oil produced per day. [2] says 7.33 barrels / metric ton.

That would put annual crude oil production at roughly

((92.2 * 10 ^ 6) / 7.33) * 365 = 4,591,132,332 (4.59 billion) metric tons.

The implied answer "crude oil production dwarfs vegetable oil production" is still valid even after correcting the crude oil numbers, of course.

thinkcontext · on June 13, 2018

Ack, I multiplied instead of divided. Thanks for the catch.

ben_w · on June 12, 2018

Thanks, that’s a good answer :)