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| U.S. Energy Information Administration |
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| In 2006 what did the EIA project would happen to the world's energy consuption until 2030? |
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| Increase by 2% until 2030 |
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| What do the EIA and other organizations project regarding resources? |
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| Project that resources will be adequate compared to the worlds energy needs but many critics disagree |
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| International Energy Agency |
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| an intergovernemtnal organization which acts as energy policy advisor to 29 countries |
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| What is the effort of the IEA? |
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| to ensure reliable, affordable, and clean energy |
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| When was the IEA founded? |
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| conducts a broad program of energy research, data compliation, publications, and public dissemination of the latest energy policy analysis an drecommendations good practices |
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| Who are some members of the IEA? |
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| Mainly Western Europe, Japan, and Korea |
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| What does OECD stand for? |
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| Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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| Everyone in IEA (mainly western Europe, Japan, Korea) and Iceland and Mexico added |
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| What is the Total Primary Energy Supply - TPES (energy use) per year? |
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12 gigatons per year
(or 12,000 mtoe) |
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| Total Primary Energy Supply (Energy Use) |
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| About what percent are solar, wind and geothernam in TPES? |
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| What ratio of energy supply does OECD use? |
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| OECD uses 1/3 of energy supply but are 1/6 of population. |
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| What happened with Crude Oil Production between 1973 and 2008? |
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Definition
| Increase in crude oil production by about 35% |
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| What was the World crude oil production in 2008? |
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| 4, 000 megatons of crude oil |
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| What has happened to natural gas production from 1971 to 2008? |
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| Natural Gas production has tripled since 1971. |
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| Why did the regional shares of Natural Gas production decrease from 1973 to 2008? |
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Definition
| Some OECD countries are post peak |
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| Which country has greatly increased coal production from 1971 to 2008? |
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| What has happened globally to coal production since 1973? |
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| Goal production has really increased. (from 2,235 Mt to 5,845 Mt) |
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| Which country gets 70% of electricity from nuclear? |
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Definition
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| What happened with nuclear production fromm 1973 to 2007? |
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| Will hydro production continue to triple? |
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| Electricity mainly comes from what? |
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Definition
| thermal (coal, natural gas, oil) |
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| What has happened with electricity generation since 1973? |
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| Electricity has tripled (to 19771 TWh) |
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| What is happening with China's electricity generation? |
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