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| Between 6.77 Billion (US Census) and 6.95 Billion People (calculated) |
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| World Energy Demand increases at what rate per year? |
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| How many MJ per Litre of Gasoline? |
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| A tonne of oil equivalent is the energy released by complete combustion of 1000 kg |
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| World annual primary energy production in Mtoe |
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| How many US and Imperial gallons is one barrel of oil? |
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| 42 US Gal, 35 Imperial (about 160 L) |
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| How many barrels to a tonne of oil on average? |
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| 7.33 barrels to a tonne of oil |
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| Energy content of 1 boe (barrel of oil equivalent) |
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| 1 tce (tonne of coal equivalent) = ? GJ |
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| Difference between tonne, ton, and short ton |
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tonne = 1000 kg, 2205 lb
ton = 1.6% more than a tonne, 2240 lb
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| The amount of heat energy needed to heat up 1 lb of water by 1 degree Farenheit |
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| 1 quad is a quadrillion BTU, 1.055 EJ |
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| the amount of heat energy required to heat up 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius |
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| What percentage of the world energy consumption is fossil fuels? |
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| How many BTUs was the energy demand in 2004? |
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| How many Kw H do Americans use? |
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| 12,133 Kw H, 9x greater than the rest of the world |
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| About how many people do not have electricity? |
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| How much will energy consumption increase from 1997 to 2010 |
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| Where are most fossil fuels located? |
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| The Middle East and North Africa |
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| About how many r/p - reserves/production years left in coal |
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| About how many years of reserves are left for oil? |
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| About how many r/p years are left for Natural Gas? |
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| How much does Hydro contribute to electricity consumption? |
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| How many times larger than present demand is the sun's energy being emitted to the Earth? |
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| What is the total capacity of wind energy at present? |
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| What is the capacity of the largest tidal energy facility? |
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| 240 MW at La Rance in France |
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| What is the efficiency of current energy? |
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| What is the efficiency of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine plants? (how much less C02?) |
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| almost 50%, with 40% less CO2 |
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