NON-RENEWABLE

ENERGY SOURCES
How long will they last?
By Magdalena urek

TYPES OF SUPPLIES
Resource

The amount of coal that may be present in a deposit or coalfield. This does not
take into account the feasibility of mining the coal economically. Not all
resources are recoverable using current technology.

Reserves

Reserves can be defined in terms of proved (or measured) reserves and

probable (or indicated) reserves. Probable results have been estimated with a
lower degree of confidence than proved reserves.

Proved reserves

Reserves that are not only considered to be recoverable but can also be
recovered economically. This means they take into account what current
mining technology can achieve and the economics of recovery. Proved
reserves will therefore change according to the price of coal; if the price of
coal is low, proved reserves will decrease.

NATURAL GAS
6,973 trillion cubic feet (Tcf)
2,276 Tcf in 2013

27 Tcf per year

84 years
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COAL
892billion tonnes of proven
coal reserves

110years at current rates

of production

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NUCLEAR ENERGY
100 years
more than 2,500 years

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CRUDE OIL
4.1 billion barrels
650,000,000 m3

More than 50%

40-100 years

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PEAK OIL THEORY

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es401419t

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1barrel ~ 159 litres

RESULTS OF OIL
PRODUCTION PEAK

Fuel prices
Transport industry
Health care
Nutrition
Metallurgy

POSITIVE TRAITS

COST EFFECTIVE AND EASY

TO PRODUCT AND USE

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NEGATIVE TRAITS

EXTRACTION

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http://marinebio.org/i/shipping.jpg

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CO2 EMISSIONS
I.

China 27 percent of global emissions

II. United States 15.5 percent
III. European Union 9.5 percent
IV. India 7.2 percent

GLOBAL WARMING

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http://www.truthmove.org/workspace/photos-content/ghouse_effect.jpg

RISING SEA LEVEL

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https://robertscribbler.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/south-florida-20-feet-of-sea-level-rise.jpg?w=600

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

http://assets.climatecentral.org/images/uploads/gallery/2015OceanAcidification_ImpactsOnSeaLife_web.jpg

http://kreweofthenautilus.com/ocean-acidification/

SMOG AND ACID RAINS

http://www.dec.ny.gov/images/air_images/acidrain.gif

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WASTES PROBLEM

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SOURCES
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/04/020412080812.htm
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es401419t
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=58&t=8
http://peakoilbarrel.com/what-is-peak-oil/
http
://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150313-oceans-marine-life-climate-chan
ge-acidification-oxygen-fish
/
https://www.worldcoal.org/coal/where-coal-found
http://www.nei.org/Issues-Policy/Nuclear-Fuel-Supply
https://
www.citelighter.com/science/environment/knowledgecards/the-effects-of-peak-oi
l