FNR 10300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Shale Gas, Directional Drilling, Water Pollution
7 Dec 2016
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The average us citizen causes about 10 times the carbon dioxide emissions as the average indian citizen. 1 week = energy used in 1 year by citizens of eritrea. 1 month = energy used in 1 year by citizens of india. 3 months = energy used in 1 year by citizens of china. We use less e(cid:374)ergy per (cid:272)apita tha(cid:374) (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s of qatar, ku(cid:449)ait, bru(cid:374)ai, o(cid:373)a(cid:374), i(cid:272)ela(cid:374)d . Consumption patterns: usa has shifted in recent decades from coal towards oil and gas, small but rapidly growing use of alternative energy sources. Used as fuel, but also for many other purposes: provides more than 90% of transportation energy. World supply should last a(cid:271)out 50 years (cid:271)ut (cid:449)e (cid:449)ill never actually run out it will just get really expensive. Oil shales and tar sands: estimates usually do not reflect large potential from shale oil and tar sand.
