If Egypt built solar power plants in an area equivalent to Lake Nasser, which powers the 2.1 GW Aswan hydro plant, it could generate the equivalent power as the total oil exports from all the Middle East oil production- about 9 billion barrels per year. This can be done with desert area around 6,000 square kilometers – or less than 1% of Egypt’s land mass.
From Tony Seba’s class at Stanford: “Clean Energy – Market and Invesment Opportunities”
http://www.tonyseba.com/blog
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I’ve been studying peak oil for over 6 months now. We are at peak oil now 86 million barells/day consumed, 86.5 million/day produced. Next year consumption will outpace production by approx 2% and will continue to grow each year. Oil will begin to rapidly go up in price because speculators, investors, and oil companies will officially now there is no additional, affordable oil to get at to keep up with consumption. If peak oil is reached midway through next year, and we begin the descent, we have approx. 4 years before a total social-economic collapse. How many people do you think will survive? It takes the world’s oil and money markets to keep 6.7 billion people alive. Experts believe we counldn’t sustain 500 million on the planet without oil. What happens when money is worth NOTHING! Will people be fleeing into the rural lands and holding up on their properties, protecting their gardens and lands with weapons? Will this happen soon and save the planet from global warming?
Maybe. It might not reduce the population, and if increased use of coal replaces oil then it won’t stop global warming either. But much later, when coal runs out, then global warming will stop. Or at least the increase of it.
Audition de Christophe De Margerie par la comission des finances. Il parle des problèmes pétroliers lors de cette audition.
http://wiksa.free.fr
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I remember a site where you can choose two nations to face off and it gives you a detail account of each nations strengths and weaknesses. It also ranks current nations to the right in a column (US #1, Russia #2, China #3, etc).
Say for example you chose Britain versus Russia. There would be a column of factors (oil consumption, oil production, army size, land size, military size, GDP, etc, etc) and a check mark will appear on each factor underneath one of the nations. For example, Russia would get a check mark for oil production, army size, and add to total strength. But Britain would get a check mark for GDP etc for total strength. In the end it says who would be the most likely winner.
I’ve been trying to find this site again with all the key terms I could think of on Google. Anyone remember the site and able to provide the link?
Is it this one? http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries_comparison.asp
(first hit on google of "compare countries military strength")
Oil has become an important part of the modern life. That’s why I chose to do my summer assignment on oil. I encountered my summer assignment topic, and found that there has been a conflict in the Nigerian Delta over oil. This conflict has been caused Ijaws and other tribes fighting “with each other and the federal government.” (_____________________) I chose this as my project because this conflict has not been in the news often like other conflicts such as the conflict with Israel, Lebanon, Iraq, North Korea, and Columbia. This conflict doesn’t seem to bring the media’s attention, but I think the United States should keep a closer eye on Nigeria since it is “America’s fifth largest supplier.”(____________) I chose this project to learn more on this conflict since oil is an important resource in America and through my research felt angered at the Nigerian government for their actions toward the people of Nigeria.
Nigeria is in danger of being corrupt. When oil is discovered in a country that is “poor, (and) fighting over scraps,” we would think it would be the end of poverty, but not so with Nigeria. Nigeria “pulls in $14 billion a year in oil revenue.” I blame the Nigerian government for not putting an end to poverty. Nigeria’s new wealth has been taken by “politicians, in particular by the country’s military, brought to power in the country’s late 1960s civil war,” who have been robbing the country’s finance ever since. There is no reason that the people of Nigeria should be poor, because the oil has been found on their land and belongs to the people of Nigeria.
The Ijaws used to be a “easygoing minority tribes, earning their living with other tribes by fishing in canoes harbored in the board delta of the Nigerian River,” but that was forty years ago. Most of the country’s production comes from the Nigerian Delta which is now causing violent outbursts. The Ijaws are now destroying pipelines, setting fire to pipelines, protesting, selling oil they steal from pipelines and even kidnapping people. The country is in total chaos. Crime and Violence has caused a “20 percent drop in Nigeria’s oil production” which meant “a shortfall of 455,000 barrels daily.” They have even stepped up their attacks on foreign oil. Even Shell announced an evacuation in February of 2006 to evacuate “an oil platform off its Atlantic coast as a precaution, shutting an additional 115,000 barrels a day.” In January, “militants held four men- from the United States, Britain, Bulgaria, and Honduras for 19 days before releasing them unharmed.” Tribes like the Ijaws, that were once peaceful are now armed and have been fighting for years claiming to be fighting “for better distribution of the country’s wealth.” I was shocked when I found out that even militants who claim to be fighting and representing the people of Nigeria have actually “evolved into criminal gangs, adept at stealing huge amounts of oil to sell on black markets, the proceeds of which are used to buy ever more sophisticated weapons.”
Even though the United States is not involved in the conflict, this conflict does affect the United States. Nigeria is the fifth largest supplier of oil “to the United States, after Mexico, Venezuela, Canada, and Saudi Arabia.” Almost half of Nigeria’s oil is sent to the United States. Nigerian oil is prized by refiners because “it is of a light, sweet variety that is easier and cheaper to refine that the thicker and sulfur-rich kind that comes from the Middle East and Venezuela.” Nigeria determines the price of oil in the United States. The United should keep a closer eye on Nigeria if they want to oil prices in America to go down. Nigeria has played an important role Africa and “is crucial to all of West Africa, having provided the military troops and negotiating forums to quell civil war and related violence in neighboring countries. “ Nigeria has also helped on fighting terrorism by trying to “monitor and defuse an encroaching fundamentalism among its own Muslims.” Several American companies haves stakes in Nigeria such as “Mobil, Chevron Texaco and Halliburton.” In my opinion the United States is not doing anything to stop oil from rising. I believe the United States should be more involved with the conflict in Nigeria.
You have to explain the role of big oil corporations in keeping the figth in Nigeria
Am investigation and report by Essential Action and Global Exchange found that:
Oil corporations in the Niger Delta seriously threaten the livelihood of neighboring local communities. Due to the many forms of oil-generated environmental pollution evident throughout the region, farming and fishing have become impossible or extremely difficult in oil-affected areas, and even drinking water has become scarce. Malnourishment and disease appear common.
The presence of multinational oil companies has had additional adverse effects on the local economy and society, including loss of property, price inflation, prostitution, and irresponsible fathering by expatriate oil workers.
Organized protest and activism by affected communities regularly meet with military repression, sometimes ending in the loss of life. In some cases military forces have been summoned and assisted by oil companies.
Reporting on the situation is extremely difficult, due to the existence of physical and legal constraints to free passage and free circulation of information. Similar constraints discourage grassroots activism.
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While the story told to consumers of Nigerian crude in the United States and the European Union — via ad campaigns and other public relations efforts — is that oil companies are a positive force in Nigeria, providing much needed economic development resources, the reality that confronted our delegation was quite the opposite. Our delegates observed almost every large multinational oil company operating in the Niger Delta employing inadequate environmental standards, public health standards, human rights standards, and relations with affected communities. These corporations’ acts of charity and development are slaps in the face of those they claim to be helping. Far from being a positive force, these oil companies act as a destabilizing force, pitting one community against another, and acting as a catalyst — together with the military with whom they work closely — to some of the violence racking the region today.
PERSONNEL
Total Population: 71,892,808 [2008]
Population Available: 39,645,893 [2008]
Fit for Military Service: 33,444,999 [2008]
Reaching Military Age Annually: 1,298,979 [2008]
Active Military Personnel: 514,000 [2008]
Active Military Reserve: 380,000 [2008]
Active Paramilitary Units: 148,700 [2008]
ARMY
Total Land-Based Weapons: 6,672
Tanks: 4,205 [2007]
Armored Personnel Carriers: 830 [2007]
Towed Artillery: 685 [2007]
Self-Propelled Guns: 868 [2007]
Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: 84 [2007]
Mortars: 5,813 [2007]
Anti-Tank Guided Weapons: 1,283 [2007]
Anti-Aircraft Weapons: 1,664 [2007]
NAVY
Total Navy Ships: 182
Merchant Marine Strength: 602 [2008]
Major Ports and Harbors: 6
Aircraft Carriers: 0 [2008]
Destroyers: 0 [2008]
Submarines: 13 [2007]
Frigates: 24 [2007]
Patrol & Coastal Craft: 28 [2007]
Mine Warfare Craft: 24 [2007]
Amphibious Craft: 8 [2007]
AIR FORCE
Total Aircraft: 1,199 [2007]
Helicopters: 336 [2007]
Serviceable Airports: 117 [2007]
FINANCES (USD)
Defense Budget: $30,936,000,000 [2009]
Foreign Exch. & Gold: $76,510,000,000 [2007]
Purchasing Power: $853,900,000,000 [2007]
OIL
Oil Production: 45,460 bbl/day [2005]
Oil Consumption: 660,800 bbl/day [2005]
Proven Oil Reserves: 300,000,000 bbl [2006]
LOGISTICAL
Labor Force: 23,530,000 [2007]
Roadways: 426,906 km
Railways: 8,697 km
GEOGRAPHIC
Waterways: 1,200 km
Coastline: 7,200 km
Square Land Area: 780,580 km
Turkey is 4th largest army of the world and Nato 2th after USA
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I was recently noticing that cars seem to be viewed by public opinion and media as the ultimate user of Petroleum in the United States and around the world. Why is this?
It seems like cars would only be a fraction of the petroleum usage in comparison to the total usage from all the ships, electricity production, heating, jets ect. People are always talking about how cars that use less fuel will reduce fuel prices and stop our dependence o foreign oil. It is a good start, but just seems a little un-realistic. It seems almost impossible to replace all these other sources of petroleum usage. Any reasons why it seems like this, or is it just me?
People focus on automobile energy efficiency because it is an easy thing to go after, the technology exists, and it really wouldn’t affect core lifestyles all that much. People might have to sacrifice driving a huge SUV for a somewhat smaller vehicle, but they would still be able to drive essentially everywhere. In the grand scheme of things, that is a relatively small sacrifice compared to the benefits.
Aside from that, transportation accounts for 60% of the oil consumed in the US and increasing fuel efficiency for domestic cars and light trucks will have a concomitant effect on the total transportation value. If you could double fuel efficiency for everything, you could cut total oil used by 30% of the total, which is a very big deal.
We should never equate the privilege of driving a big fast car with our fundamental right of freedom of movement. Put more simply, you should be free to go wherever you want, but to do so in a personal automobile that gets less than 15 mpg is a luxury carrying no fundamental right. Even less charitably, consumerism does not equal freedom.
A small economy has three industries: Machinery, Electricity and Oil. Machinery requires inputs of 0.2 units from Electricity. The Electricity does not require inputs from the other two industries and 0il requires 0.2 unit of electricity
Machinery, Electricity and oil producers want to raise their target levels of final demand to 1000, 2000 and 100.
Find the total production of machinery, electricity and oil of a small country that satisfies the mentioned targets.
M is 1000.
O is 100.
E is 2000 + 1000*0.2 + 100*0.2 = 2220.
Opium from Afghanistan provides more than 90 percent of the worlds total supply, funding international drug syndicates with billions of dollars in profits every year.
According to a recent report issued by the United Nations and the World Bank, the U.S.-installed government has established a complex pyramid of protection and patronage, effectively providing state protection to criminal trafficking activities.
this is total corruption and a false war
with underlying motives,
nothing to do with 911 as this was a false flag attack,
the british forces fighting on 2 fronts in iraq and afghanistan,with a sizeable force in the falkland islands,
and smaller units in other parts of the world is designed to weaken british forces and except the euro army
Afghanistan could be more important to America’s oil supply than even Saudi Arabia. In 1997 BBC News reported that the American Oil company UNOCAL tried to construct a pipeline from The Caspian Sea.
The Caspian Sea is a California-size body of salt water — the world’s largest landlocked body of water — that may sit on as much as 200 billion barrels of oil, which would be 16 percent of the Earth’s potential oil reserves. Even at today’s low prices, that could add up to $3 trillion in oil. (compared to Saudi’s 250 billion barrels of oil and America’s own 22 billion barrels – New York Times.)
The pipeline was to run from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan to the Port of Karachi. However the Taleban refused. Until now America has not been successful in persuading the Taleban to change its mind.!!!!
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Iraq is ‘unwinnable’, a ‘quagmire’, a ‘fiasco’: so goes the received opinion. But there is good reason to think that, from the Bush-Cheney perspective, it is none of these things. Indeed, the US may be ‘stuck’ precisely where Bush et al want it to be, which is why there is no ‘exit strategy’.
Iraq has 115 billion barrels of known oil reserves. That is more than five times the total in the United States. And, because of its long isolation, it is the least explored of the world’s oil-rich nations. A mere two thousand wells have been drilled across the entire country; in Texas alone there are a million. It has been estimated, by the Council on Foreign Relations, that Iraq may have a further 220 billion barrels of undiscovered oil; another study puts the figure at 300 billion. If these estimates are anywhere close to the mark, US forces are now sitting on one quarter of the world’s oil resources. The value of Iraqi oil, largely light crude with low production costs, would be of the order of $30 trillion at today’s prices. For purposes of comparison, the projected total cost of the US invasion/occupation is around $1 trillion.
i sure don’t see the connection between your question and your tirade.