Geography 2143A/B Lecture Notes - Keystone Pipeline, Eastern Canada, Big Difference
27 Mar 2014
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Energy has two sides: one is production and the other is consumption (where does the energy produced go?) Statistical perspective: more stats on production than consumption. Includes diesel gasoline, kerosene, refinery petroleum products, etc. If present trends continue, then it will increase its share (on the expense of coal) Coal production is going to decline in next 5 to 10 years (at least in developed. Reason: from pollution perspective, natural gas is preferable fuel; but geographic perspective, coal is different in distribution on world scale is different from other. North america: very well-endowed in natural gas, but not oil (but technology is. Almost all coal produced is for electrical power consumption. Oil is used mainly for transportation, which takes up 27. 1% of total consumption (takes up most share) Renewables such as ethanol might make a difference, but now it"s not economically viable. Natural gas: on north america, its split between industrial and residential uses.
