... located in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, while North America, the Far East, and the former Soviet Union have over 70% of the coal reserves (Table 1.5, Fig. 1.9). Intuitively, these ... Klass (1992). The energy consumption data for the countries in Table 1.3 and for the world's regions (U.S. Department of Energy, 1994) were used for the calculations. The factors for converting ... bagasse, and animal, crop, pulp, paper, and municipal solid wastes, but does not include derived biofuels. fEstimated by the author: 2.95 EJ for the U.S.A., 0.5 EJ for Canada, and 0.3 EJ for Mexico....