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Electrical Energy Production

Electrical Energy Production. Figure 1. Total US Energy Consumption (1998). Figure 2. World Oil Consumption: 1950 and 1996. World Oil Consumption in 2001: 76.2 MBPD (a 24% increase in the 5-year period since 1996). Figure 3. Figure 4.

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Electrical Energy Production

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  1. Electrical Energy Production Figure 1

  2. Total US Energy Consumption (1998) Figure 2

  3. World Oil Consumption: 1950 and 1996 World Oil Consumption in 2001: 76.2 MBPD (a 24% increase in the 5-year period since 1996) Figure 3

  4. Figure 4

  5. The Golden Triangle and US Military Bases in the Persian Gulf Figure 5

  6. Cheney Energy Task Force Map of Iraqi Oilfields Obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act Figure 6

  7. Cheney Energy Task Force List of Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts Figure 7

  8. Existing and Potential Oil and Gas Export Routes from the Caspian Basin Figure 8

  9. Solar Power: Solar Two in the Mojave Desert Peak Output: 10 megawatts Figure 9

  10. Solar Electric Generating System in Kramer Junction, CA Ave. daily output: 100 MW electricity Figure 10

  11. Wind Power Nine Canyon Wind Project, Kennewick, WA Phase II Expansion Completed 12/29/03 Peak Output: 63.7 MW Figure 11

  12. Geothermal Energy Hydrothermal Hot Dry Rock Figure 12

  13. Figure 13

  14. Figure 14

  15. Grand Coulee Dam Peak Output: 6,500 MW Figure 15

  16. Fish Hatcheries in the Columbia Basin Figure 16

  17. Life Expectancy, Literacy Rate, and GDP per Capita Compared with Annual per Capita Electricity Use Figure 17

  18. Columbia Generating Station Hanford Site, Kennewich, WA Output: 1,150 MW Figure 18

  19. Figure 19

  20. Figure 20 From Bernard L. Cohen, The Nuclear Energy Option (1990)

  21. The Linear (No-Threshold) Hypothesis 100 % lethality 50 % 0.0625 % lethality 400 REM 600 REM Figure 21 0.5 REM 6,250 deaths from cancer in 10 million people exposed to 0.5 REM of radiation

  22. The Linear (No-Threshold) Hypothesis-2 Figure 22

  23. Radiation Doses (in millirem): Naturally Occurring and Statutory Limit for Nuclear Power Plants Figure 23

  24. Sources of Day-to-Day Radiation Exposure Figure 24

  25. Background Radiation and EPA and NRC Regulations B First standard (1930s-1950s) 36 rem/year Second standard 15 rem/year Current Occupational MPD: 5 rem/year Figure 25 From Mark M. Hart, “Disabling the terror of radiological dispersal,” Nuclear News July 2003

  26. Death Rate of People in Nagasaki: Atom Bomb Survivors Compared with Those Not Exposed to Radiation Figure 26

  27. 30-Year Cancer Mortality in People Exposed to Radiation from a Thermonuclear Explosion in the Former Soviet Union Figure 27

  28. Prevention of Cancer by Low Dose Radiation Figure 28

  29. Chernobyl--1986 Figure 29

  30. Three Mile Island Figure 30

  31. Uranium and Fossil Fuel Resources in the United States Figure 31

  32. Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Figure 32

  33. Thermal Conversion Process Figure 33

  34. Figure 34

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