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Energy Consumption and Consequences
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The Politics of Oil World oil reserves in 2003
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Global Distribution of Oil
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The Oil Age
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190019201940 1960 198020002200 Oil discovery and consumption Remaining fossil fuel supply in years Based on production in 2000 The Age of the Fossil Fuels
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What are Oil and Gas? Octane Natural Gas Liquid hydrocarbons Benzene
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The formation of Oil
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The Oil Window
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Oil migration and entrapment Oil traps
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The origin of coal
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The formation of coal
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Phanerozoic Ice Ages and CO 2 At least five ice ages in Earth history including Neoproterozoic (850- 630 Ma) Snowball Earth Current CO2 levels relatively low in the context of Earth history
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Milankovitch Cycles and the Quaternary Ice Age Current Ice Age started at 2.6 Ma Earth has been in an interglacial for 11,000 years
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Global Warming - Current Models
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Causes of Current Global Warming CO 2, Solar Activity or Both?
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Other Sources of Energy
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Estimated world energy reserves A world dominated by Nuclear Energy? 1 Quad = 1 quadrillion BTU 1 BTU = 252 calories
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Nuclear Energy Chain reaction Neutron collides with U 235 forming krypton and barium and releasing more neutrons + vast amounts of energy
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Formation of Unconformity-type Uranium Deposits 2U 6+ + + 2H 2 O + C = 2U 4+ + 2H + + CO 2 U 4+ + O 2 = UO 2 (Uraninite)
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Tidal and hydroelectrical energy
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Geothermal Energy
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Geothermal Home Heating Heat Pump
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Energy Sources
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