Energy Expenditures in the Production of corn in 1945 and 1970

Input of
energy
Labor

1970
1.2

Machinery

103.8

Gasoline

196.9

Nitrogen

232.5

Phoshorus

11.7

Potassium

16.8

Seeds

15.6

Irrigation

8.4

Insecticides

2.7

Herbicides
Other

DATA SET 5 (1970)

250

232.5

200
196.9

2.7
123.6

150

123.6
100

103.8

50

11.7

1.2

16.8

15.6

Potassium

Seeds

8.4

2.7

2.7

Irrigation

Insecticides

Herbicides

0
Labor

Machinery

Gasoline

Nitrogen

Phoshorus

Other