GEOS 1024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Compressed Natural Gas, Cogeneration, Photosynthesis
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Can the us drill out way out of the present importing of petroleum situation. Remember he us uses approximately 20 million barrels per day or more than 7 billion barrels a year. How much of the worlds conventional oil reserves are in the us. World uses approx 30 billion barrels oil per year. Natural gas is composed mostly of methane (ch4: boone pickens. Second leading source of energy in the us. World has an approximately 60 ples year supply, reserves distributed unevenly. Only by-products are co2 and water, no sulfur or nitrous oxide gases (acid rain components) Significantly less co2 emmisions generated compared to oil and to coal. Us production is projected to continue to grow. Annual value in 2012 of greater than 2 billion. Va ranks among the top 15 coal producing states. The provides very small percent of the electricity to the vt campus.
