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THE ENERGY TO DRIVE THE WHEELS OF A WORLD WIDE, GLOBAL TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS REQUIRED OR CIVILILZATION, AS WE KNOW IT, DISAPPEARS … ENERGY RESOURCES.

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1 THE ENERGY TO DRIVE THE WHEELS OF A WORLD WIDE, GLOBAL TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY IS REQUIRED OR CIVILILZATION, AS WE KNOW IT, DISAPPEARS … ENERGY RESOURCES

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3 CHINA AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE NOT CONSTRAINED BY THE KYOTO PROTOCOL. COUNTRIES THAT ARE CONSTRAINED, USUALLY, HAVE NOT MET THEIR PROTOCOL MANDATES. The USA, OTHER NON-SIGNATORIES ARE NOT CONSTRINED BY THE KYOTO PROTOCOL. RESULTS OF KYOTO PROTOCOL: NADA, NICHTS, NOTHING, NICHIEVO EVERYWHERE! It is ALL talk, so far … KYOTO PROTOCOL

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5 Carbon Dioxide and Global Climate FACTS: 1.Global CO2 level is rising due to hydrocarbon use as an energy resource 2.During the next 50 years, the RISE in CO2 is unlikely to be checked PREDICTIONS: 1.The climate will warm by 5-10 degrees 2.The climate will cool by 5-10 degrees 3.Nothing will happen (one effect balances the other) WHAT CAN BE DONE ?

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7 1 QUAD OF ENERGY IS EQUIVALENT TO 200 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL USA USES OVER 80 QUADS ANNUALLY (PREVIOUS CHART) IN TERMS OF OIL, THIS IS AN AREA 176 MILES X 176 MILES x 10 FEET DEEP !

8 Note: Arctic Reserve estimated at 10-20 billion barrels, plus ‘new’ areas Canadian Reserves with Tar Sands ~ 100 billion barrels Russia has unknown additional quantities, Caspian, Siberia, Kamchatka USA has oil shales which exceed all other listed resources …

9 RESOURCE USEAGE PROFILES OVER TIME

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11 US Coal Consumption Coal 22 QBtu (23%) 80% used by electric utilities

12 Major Coal-Producing States

13 Coal Anthracite 22 – 28 million Btu per ton Not plentiful Bituminous 19 – 30 million Btu per ton Most plentiful Subbituminous 16 – 24 million Btu per ton Low sulfur content Lignite (Brown Coal) 9 – 17 million Btu per ton Local value only

14 Coal Resources and Consumption Global Recoverable 1,000 billion tons Global Consumption 5.2 billion tons/year US Recoverable 274 billion tons US Consumption 1.1 billion tons/year

15 Global Coal Resources United States 25% Russia 16% China 12% India 9% Australia 8% Germany 7% South Africa 5%

16 Coal Carbon, water, impurities C + O 2  CO 2 HALF IS CLINKER

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20 A major drawback of fission energy: Diversion to bombs On Nov. 30, a group of persons was arrested in Slovakia, trying to sell 98%+ bomb grade uranium.

21 CHERNOBYL REGION RADIOACTIVITY Potential for accidental or intentional containment failure.

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28 ANY APPROACH WHICH REDUCES ENERGY USE IS USEFUL TO EXTEND OUR RESOURCES, I.E. CONSERVATION IS THE FASTEST METHOD TO GET NEW ENERGY

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33 Multi-junction Photovoltaics utilize much more of solar spectrum, MORE THAN 30% EFFICIENCY ALREADY ACHIEVED!

34 Highly Efficient Energy Utilization

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38 EFFICIENCY OF FUEL CELLS: CHEMICAL, NOT THERMAL PROCESS DIRECTLY USES ELECTRICITY WASTE HEAT MUCH LESS THAN OTTO CYCLE ENGINE MAX. EFFICIENCY HEAT ENGINE ~ 25-30% MAX. EFFICIENCY FUEL CELL ~75-80 % WASTE PRODUCTS DEPEND UPON FUEL WATER IN CASE OF HYDROGEN FUEL INTERSTITIAL HYDROGEN IN METALS, EQUALS ENERGY DENSITY OF GASOLINE…

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42 ENERGY RESOURCE AND USEAGE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY POPULATION AND STANDARD OF LIVING...

43 Homo Sapiens and Homo Neanderthalis Our Future ?


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