What is a Quadrillion?
Understanding the Energy Crisis
Reality vs Promises (Science vs. Political Science)
Dr James Smiley
How Much Energy Does The World Use?
~7200 “Units”
World Energy Consumption by Source
~5000 Total Units
Today
“Approx Units” 1900 1150 1300 300 300 50
Renewables Today! <1%
What about The United States
Where Does it Come From?
What are our options for the Future? Can Renewable Energy save us?
Projected World Wide Energy Needs
What is this? How much is it?
Consumpse about 1000 Units!
Understanding the Energy Crisis
Total Energy domestic/Imported
300 units
30
30
~1000 “units” used today
Ammonia, Anesthetics, Antihistamines, Artificial limbs, Artificial Turf, Antiseptics, Aspirin, Auto Parts, Awnings, Balloons, Ballpoint pens, Bandages, Beach Umbrellas, Boats, Cameras, Candles, Car Battery Cases, Carpets, Caulking, Combs, Cortisones, Cosmetics, Crayons, Credit Cards, Curtains, Deodorants, Detergents, Dice, Disposable Diapers, Dolls, Dyes, Eye Glasses, Electrical Wiring Insulation, Faucet Washers, Fishing Rods, Fishing Line, Fishing Lures, Food Preservatives, Food Packaging, Garden Hose, Glue, Hair Coloring, Hair Curlers, Hand Lotion, Hearing Aids, Heart Valves, Ink, Insect Repellant, Insecticides, Linoleum, Lip Stick, Milk Jugs, Nail Polish, Oil Filters, Panty Hose, Perfume, Petroleum Jelly, Rubber Cement, Rubbing Alcohol, Shampoo, Shaving Cream, Shoes, Toothpaste, Trash Bags, Upholstery, Vitamin Capsules, Water Pipes, Yarn,……
Personal Cars(About 10% of total energy) ~33%
Trucking
~20%
Planes and Ships
~10%
Chemical Products(over 4000)
~12%
Industrial Heat
~10%
Heat, Light, Electric Power
230 units
200 units
Growth rate ~2%/year or 20 “units”
Imported oil
Canada
19%
Mexico & S.Ara. 10%/ea
Venezuela&Nig. 9%ea
120 units
80 units 30 units ea
~10 units (<1%)
“Let’s Define New Unit of Energy”
Energy=Power x Time “1 Unit” =1000 Megawatts of electric power for 1 yr
“A typical large power plant” ABOUT: 0.1 Quadrillion BTU’s
Solar, Wind, bio-mass
World Energy use by fuel type
Renewables 6% of total (hydro, wood, included. Growing yes, but, Percent shrinking?
Where is Crude Oil Consumed (USA)
2200 Megawatt thermal energy for one year 9 million Megawatt-hrs electricity 15 million barrels of oil or ~50 super tankers per yr 3 million tons of coal ~ 36500 car loads per yr (train/day) 90 billion cubic ft of Natural gas per yr (~1 cubic mile) 1 ton Uranium per yr (about a 15”x15”x15” cube)
~8%
Miscellaneous
~7%
Products from Oil
Nearly everything in our lives is made from oil, made by machinery and systems dependent on oil, and transported by oil Power.
Energy for about 300,000 People in US for a year
World Wide Energy Needs All Energy-Not just Electrical
Today~5000 “Units”
Growth 2% ~100 units/yr 2 a week!