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3 These pictures are from the New Scientist, July 2003
These pictures are from the New Scientist, July A series o0f 3 articles on energy.

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5 US GS tracks 33000 known fields
King Hubbert in 1956 predicted the US peak in production to occur in 1975, which it did.

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8 Geoff Hammond 4 7 6 5 3 2 1 9 8 S u p l y & D e m a n d t o - C s i P
7 6 5 3 2 1 9 8 S u p l y & D e m a n d t o - C s i P r c B k F U . K O I L Y J U3A Bath 13 March 2003 Geoff Hammond

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13 THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT CAUSED BY ASYMMETRIC GAS MOLECULES
ACT AS OPTICAL VALVES TRANSPARENT TO SHORT WAVELENGTH PHOTONS OPAQUE TO LONG WAVELENGHTS

14 GREENHOUSE GASES CARBON DIOXIDE – NEED A LOW CARBON ECONOMY
WATER VAPOUR BOTH FROM FOSSIL FUELS METHANE CFCs, HCFCs, F GASES, CHLORINE,ETC,ETC!!!! (TEWI)

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20 THE KYOTO AGREEMENT BASED ON EMISSIONS IN 1990
BY 2010 REDUCE EMISSIONS BY 10% BY 2020 REDUCE EMISSIONS TO 1990 LEVELS

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25 THE FOSSIL FUEL ERA – JUST AN HISTORICAL BLIP!

26 SOME CONCLUSIONS THE WORLD IS CRITICALLY DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUELS
INDUSTRIAL NATIONS ARE OIL DEPENDENT ESPECIALLY FOR TRANSPORT MOST OIL RESERVES IN THE MIDDLE EAST OIL WILL BE IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY WITHIN 30YRS AN ALTERNATIVE WILL BE OIL FROM COAL – THE SASOIL PROCESS? THE SOVIET UNION HAS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST RESERVES OF HYDROCARBONS

27 NEXT HOW ENERGY IS USED HOW POWER IS USED DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
CHANGING PATTERNS OF USE ELECTRIFICATION

28 HOMEWORK HOW MUCH POWER DOES THE SUN EMIT?
WHAT FRACTION OF THIS FALLS ON THE EARTH? WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE SOLAR CONSTANT? WHAT IS THE TOTAL INSOLATION OF THE UK? WHAT IS THE SOLAR INPUT PER CAPITA IN THE UK? WHAT IS THE POWER CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA IN THE UK? WHAT IS THE GDP PER CAPITA IN THE UK?

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