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Energy: Supply and demand
Dr. Ron Lembke
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US Energy “Sankey” Diagram
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded Hot: Climate Change
Flat: Technology and Bandwidth Crowded: More people, who want to live like us
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The demand for energy
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International Energy Outlook, 2011, US Energy Information Admistration, eia.gov
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EIA Demand Scenarios
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The supply of energy
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Hubbert’s Peak M. King Hubbert, “Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels” (Drilling and Production Practices, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1956),
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Causality or Correlation?
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When is the Peak? 2004 data
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Different Scenarios
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Fracking
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Where Does it Come From?
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Where does our oil come from?
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US Oil Imports, US EIA
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Proven Oil Reserves, CIA Factbook ~2009
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Data: EIA 2012 report
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Reserves, Production, years left
Data: EIA
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Tar Sands Strip mine for bitumen, a sandy oil solid
Liquefy with steam and caustic soda NaOH Slurry is pumped, 2 tons of sand for 1 barrel (1/8 ton) of oil 90% recovery with centrifuges 17% more GHG than regular oil production Phases 3 & 4: “Keystone XL” Phase 4 goes over Ogallala Aquifer Drinking water for 2m people $20b agriculture 830,000 barrels per day Crosses earthquake zones June, 2010 Feb, 2011
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4b barrels 3,000 b barrels? 410T cu.ft 15b barrels 32T cu.ft
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Green river formation 3,000 BILLION Barrels?!?
Government Accountability Office and private industry Seems to be consensus that there is that much oil there 1 trillion barrels total human consumption so far GAO: Commercial development at least 15-20years away May require huge amounts of water They may get one barrel of water with every barrel of oil Traditional fracking won’t do it Oil tightly bound to the rock – heat to FIVE THOUSAND DEGREES “In situ”: send a heater down below Cost $65 per barrel
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The Price of energy
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Gas Prices Data:
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Price of Liquids
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The Price of Fuel
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EIA Predicted Price of Crude Oil, 2011
Death Valley, April 2012
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NV Electricity Prices Elect. Price Data: EIA, 20y Rsq=0.91, 10y Rsq=0.94
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US Coal Reserves
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Pinion Pine Power Plant
DOE Clean Coal Air-blown Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle $335.9m, half DOE, half SPP New gasification method New desulfurization method
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Carbon Capture & Sequestration
Porous rock formations Small scale tests Expensive – lose 30% of electricity gained So make more electricity – It’s CARBON FREE! There are other pollutants What if it gets out? Natural gas stays safely underground
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Solar Resources
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Geothermal Resources
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Wind Resources
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Renewables’ Share growing
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US Energy Sources
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Summary Demand for energy is going to increase significantly
Growing populations Rising standards of living Supply of energy not increasing as fast Global oil supplies are finite Peak oil is likely coming in next 40 years Alternative energy sources
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, Feb 2, 1962 ad in Life magazine Humble merged with Standard to become Exxon
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