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Power Hungry by Robert Bryce Chapter Seven Twenty-Seven Saudi Arabias Per Day

Power Hungry by Robert Bryce Chapter Seven Twenty-Seven Saudi Arabias Per Day. Presented by Ammani Al- Yousifi. What Does the Author Mean by Twenty-Seven Saudi Arabias ?. KSI produces 8.5 million barrels of oil/day

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Power Hungry by Robert Bryce Chapter Seven Twenty-Seven Saudi Arabias Per Day

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  1. Power Hungry by Robert BryceChapter SevenTwenty-Seven Saudi Arabias Per Day Presented by Ammani Al-Yousifi

  2. What Does the Author Mean by Twenty-Seven Saudi Arabias? • KSI produces 8.5 million barrels of oil/day • Commercial daily energy consumption is equal to 226 million barrels of oil/day • Global hydrocarbon use is about 200 million barrels of oil/day • 23.5 KSI’s production equivalent

  3. Energy Consumption in Terms of Power • Power=energy/time • 1 barrel of oil = 5.8 million BTU 5.8 million BTU ≈ 5.8 GJ (billion joules) 5,800,000,000J/86,400 sec = 22,152 watts 22,152 watts = 29.7 horsepower • 1 barrel of oil ≈ 30 horsepower

  4. How Much Power Does the World Consume Daily? • 6.8 billion horsepower • 5.1 terawatts

  5. How are the Residents of the United States Leading the World? • 1st in Nuclear energy production • 2nd in Coal production (behind China) • 2nd in Natural Gas production (behind Russia) • 3rd in Oil production (behind KSI and Russia) • 4th in Hydroelectric production ** U.S. Produces 74% of the energy it consumes

  6. Recalling Facts • How much power does the world consume daily? • What form of energy production does the U.S. rank #1 in? • What is the equivalent of one barrel of oil in BTU?

  7. Questions?

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