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Power Hungry by Robert Bryce Chapter Seven Twenty-Seven Saudi Arabias Per Day Presented by Ammani Al-Yousifi
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What Does the Author Mean by Twenty-Seven Saudi Arabias? KSI produces 8.5 million barrels of oil/day Commercial daily energy consumption is equal to 226 million barrels of oil/day Global hydrocarbon use is about 200 million barrels of oil/day 23.5 KSI’s production equivalent
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Energy Consumption in Terms of Power Power=energy/time 1 barrel of oil = 5.8 million BTU 5.8 million BTU ≈ 5.8 GJ (billion joules) 5,800,000,000J/86,400 sec = 22,152 watts 22,152 watts = 29.7 horsepower 1 barrel of oil ≈ 30 horsepower
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How Much Power Does the World Consume Daily? 6.8 billion horsepower 5.1 terawatts
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How are the Residents of the United States Leading the World? 1 st in Nuclear energy production 2 nd in Coal production (behind China) 2 nd in Natural Gas production (behind Russia) 3 rd in Oil production (behind KSI and Russia) 4 th in Hydroelectric production ** U.S. Produces 74% of the energy it consumes
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Recalling Facts How much power does the world consume daily? What form of energy production does the U.S. rank #1 in? What is the equivalent of one barrel of oil in BTU?
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