Energy Resources

1973 2005

Houston, Texas (1990)

I. Resources and Reserves

I. Resources and Reserves

A. Resources: The entire amount of a given material that may become available for use in the future.

I. Resources and Reserves

A. Resources: The entire amount of a given material that may become available for use in the future.

B. Reserves: Deposits that have already been discovered and can be mined economically and legally at this time.

II. EnergyA. Energy Use Trends

WoodCoal Oil/Gas Nuclear

Energy Use

WoodCoal Oil/Gas Nuclear

                                                                                                                              

                      

III. Fossil Fuels

III. Fossil Fuels

A. Oil and Gas

1. How does it form?

III. Fossil Fuels

A. Oil and Gas

1. How does it form?

need high accumulations of organic material, high rates of sedimentation, and low concentrations of Oxygen.

III. Fossil Fuels

A. Oil and Gas

1. How does it form?

2. Oil and Gas Traps

III. Fossil Fuels

A. Oil and Gas

1. How does it form?

2. Oil and Gas Traps

3. Worldwide Distribution (oil)

Worldwide Distribution

Standard Oil of New York

Standard Oil of New Jersey

Standard Oil of California

Standard Oil of Ohio

Standard Oil of Indiana

Continental Oil

Atlantic Oil

John D. Rockerfeller(1870)(1911)

III. Fossil Fuels

A. Oil and Gas

1. How does it form?

2. Oil and Gas Traps

3. Worldwide Distribution (oil)

4. World Trends

“the good ole days”

1973-74

Yom Kippur WarOct. 1973

Early 1973

Sept, 2000

Prince Saud Al Faisal

Ahmadinejad

Chavez Putin

Ghaddafi

Hu Jintao

al-Maliki Hussein

Medvedev

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

(OPEC)

Oil production projected to start declining in 2015To 2020…..most of the remaining oil will be Depleted in ~100 years.

King Hubbert

A few comments on Natural Gas….

• higher reserves

• cleaner burning

• easily transportable

III. Fossil Fuels

A. Oil and Gas

B. Coal

lignite >>subbituminous>>bituminous>>anthracite

III. Fossil FuelsA. Oil and Gas

B. Coal

C. Oil Shale and Tar Sands

IV. Alternative Fuels

A. Nuclear Energy

IV. Alternative Fuels

A. Nuclear Energy235U and fission

IV. Alternative Fuels

A. Nuclear Energy

B. Geothermal

IV. Alternative Fuels

A. Nuclear Energy

B. Geothermal

C. Solar

IV. Alternative Fuels

A. Nuclear Energy

B. Geothermal

C. Solar

D. Hydro

The reservoir problem…..

South ForkRivanna River

The reservoir problem…..

IV. Alternative Fuels

A. Nuclear Energy

B. Geothermal

C. Solar

D. Hydro

E. Wind

Hydrogen

Ethanol

The bottom line……..