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PREFAEC
Them aino bjectiveo ft he confeerncew ast he desier teost albihs
mechnaisc for cots-bneefti alnyaissw hichc oulds evrea sa founadtionf ord e
ciisonm aknig. The mechnaisc shopurlvodid e far maeworfkor raitonaals sess
metn ofs ocietaaln de colgoicali mpatcs moafn' sp roductni oofe ner.g yAs
sucthh e framewomruks ts eekt od efintehe globals calbeyswh ich costasn d
benefitarse m esaurde. The pricseo ciye ptayfs or the benefito fe lcetrical
powerm ustb eb rougth intos hraperf oc;u sitm ustb eq unatified.
Thec onefrnecel atsedo new eeka nd wadses ignedt o bnrgti ogehterh ighly
qualifineadt,ni aolyl,a ndi nternaitoanlyl knowpne pol,e tod iscuss and ex
changien fmoartion twhie xectuivse and engineerfsr mo thep oweri ndustyr,
withe mplyoeeosf l oca,l stat,e and feedraalg necie,sw ithe ducaotr,s twhi
concernesdc inetsit,s and withp eoplew ho areg enerlaly concernewdit ht he
proctteino ofm ana nd hise nvirontme.n
Thec onfernece woarsgn aizeidnt os evens esisons: (1) EnergRye sources
andP roejction:s AnA ssessmetn;( 2N)u lcearF isisonR eacotrsa nd the En
virnomnet; (3) FossFiule aln dt heE nvirnomnet--cSipaelE mhpasiosn C oal;
(4)F uison Powera nd thEen vrionmetn;( 5) Cos-tBneefiStc al;e (s)6E xperinece
ofU tiliitesi nF inanincgo fN uclaerP owerP lnat;s (7) EcosstyemT oelrance
Limtiso fP owerP lant Effulent.s
Them aojriyt oft hep apewrass prredouceeds snetiayl alst hewye rer e
ceviedf rmo thea uhtorwsi ht littlen ooc hrna g.e In faew casemsi onr
editingw asm adet oe nhancec lraity.F or thesep aperasn df ora llt he quse
tinosa nd answersf romt he discussoinp eirosd,s cheduleasnd deadlinesd id
nota llwo confirmationo ft hee ditedp ortiosn btyh ea uhtor.s For anye rror
whicmha y habveeen t huisn troudcedi nt het ext, the editortsa kfeu llr e
spnosbiiilty.
Thec onfernecew ass pnosroedb yt heS chooolf N ucelarE ngineenrgi,
Georgai Instiutteo fT ecnholgoy. Dr. LynnE .W evae,r Dirteocro ft heS choo,l
was maot ivatingf orcfeo rt hec onferencaen dt hrouhgihm tehxetn esivef a
ciliietso fG eoiragT ecwhe rmea dea vailbalet ot hec onfeenrc.e
Speaclit hankasr ed ue tMor s. LydiaG eselni who vecrayp albyh andeld
mostd etlaiso ft he confereenc.
R.A .K araamnd K.Z .M organ
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SURVEOYF W ORLEDN ERGRYE SOCUESR
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ABSTRATC
Thep renstel arg-ecsalues eo fe nergayn dp ower bthye h umans peices
repsrneetsa uniquee venitn t he bililonso fy easr ofg eolgoic hitsoyr.
Furhtennorei,n m agintudem,o sto ft hed evoeplmetn haso ccurrdeudr intgh e
prenstec entury. Int heU niteSdta te,s thep eakin t her ateo fp etrumo le
proudctni oocucrreidn 1 97a0n dt hatf orn atulr gaasi si mminetn.T hep eak
int he wolrdp roduticono fc rudoei l eixpse tcedt oo ccuart a boutt hey ear
200a0n dt hatf orc oaplr oudcitona ta bou2t1 5o0r 2 200F.o ro thers ourcse
ofe nergayn dp ower, twearp ower, geohtennal powera ndt idaplow era rei n
adeuqateto r elpacpeow erf romf ossfiulle s. Nuclaerp oewr, basedo nt he
breederre acotra ndu tiilznigl wo-graddeep soitosf u raniaunmd t hoiru,m has
a largperot entiatlh ant hef ossil fuesl,b uti ta lscoon sittuetsa large
perpetualh aza.r dThe lasrtsg ouercoef e nergayva ilbalet ot hee artihs
solarr adtiiaon.Th iss ourchea sa lifeexp-etcancoyf a geoglioct imes cale,
isn onpolultniga ndi sl argiernm agintudet haan nyl ikelrye qruemientsb y
theh umasnp eci.e s
In conseuqenceo ft he larges uplpieso f aaivlbalee nreg,y tphee riod
snice1 800h as nb oeneeo fa nu nrpeecdnetede xponteinailn dsutriaglr owt.h
Thsi alshoa s nb aececpomaneidb y waor ldw-idee cogliocadli tsurbcae,n in
cludintgha to ft he humanp opualtio.n Itc an easiyl bes een atths uhc a
perioodfg rwothm ustb ee phemerailn c hraatcera nd,i nf act,i sn owa lmost
over. Onea spceto ft hist rnastiino frmo as tateo fe xopnentiaglr wotht oa
stateo fn ongwrtohi st hep renstea larmo veran " enercgriys i.s"A ctualyl,
thew orl'dsp renstep rbolmesa reb y nmoe anusn managleeia nbt ennso fp rseent
bioolgicaanld t ecnhoolgickanlwo ledge. Ther eaclr isicson forntnigu si s,
theerfo,r neota ne nergcyr iissb uta cutluraclri sisD.u rintgh el asttw o
centureis, weh avee volvwheadt a moutnst oa ne xopnneti-aglorwt,hw ithi ntsi
tutnisob asde ont hep remsieo fa ni nedfniitceo nintutaiono fe xponnteial
grwoth. Oneo ft he principaclon seuqenceosf t hec essiaotno fe xponnteail
grwothw illb ea ni neviltear bevsiino ofs moeo ft het entes othfa tc ultu.r e
INTRODUCTION
Byn ow,i th asb ecomeg enearlyl recnoigzetdh atth e wolrd'sp renste
civilizatni doiffefrunsda mnetalyl frmo all earliecriv iilzaotnsi inb oht the
magnitudeo fi tso petriaons antdhe degreoefi tsd ependeonnce ene rgayn d
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minerarles uorces- -parctuilarelnye rgfyrm o thfeo ssfiulle s. The sgniifi
canec ofe nerglyie si nt hef atc that iitsi nvolveidne verythtihnagot c
curosn t hee atrh- -everhyitngt hamto evs. Inf act,in t he lasatna lysi,s
abouats s ucnccita sattement asc an bema de aboutte rerstriaelv etnsi st he
folwlion:g Tehea rht'ss urfaicsec omposeodf t he 92n atulrlya ocucrrnig
chemicaell meent,s allb uta mintuer adioactvief ractino ofwh ich obetyh e
lawso f ncsoevartino and ofn onrtanustmabiliyt ofc lasscialc hemsitry. Into
and outt hiossf y tsme isa contniuoufsl xu ofe ner,g iync onseuqencoef
which them atericalon stuienttsu nderegioht erc ontniuouosr i ntermtitent
ciruclaiton.
The principaeln ergiynp utsi nttoh iss ystaemr et hree( Fig.1 ): (1)
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174,000x 10 thermla wtats omft rhe solarrad itaino intceerptebdy t he
earht'sd iaemtrcialp lnae; (2) 32x 1012t hemral wtatsc onducteda ndc on
vectetdot he earht'ss ufracfer mo insied thee arht;a nd(3 ) 3 x 1012t her
malw attso ft iadlp owefrro mt he combinedk inetiacn dp otentiaeln ergoyf
thee arth-nm-osnou sytsem. Oft hesei nputosf t hemral power, thaftro ms olar
energiyso vewhrelminglyth el aregst,e xeceidng tshuemo ft heo thert wob y
a fatcoro fm oret ha5n ,000.
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Solarra diation Short-wave Long-wave Tidaeln ergy
I74,000xI 01w2a tts radiation radiation
Dirercetf lection
5200,0x 101w2a tt(s3 0%)
Tidetsi,d caulr renettsc,.
3xl01w2a tts
Direccotn verstiooh ne at
82,000xI 01w2a tt(s4 7%)
Evaporation. preceitpci.t ation, Storage
4000,0x 101w7a tt(s2 3%) Watearn di ce
Convection
Volcanoaonsdh ots prings
0.x3 101w2a tts
Windsw,a vesc,o nvectainodnc ,u rrents
370x1 01w1a tts
Decay
Photosynthesis Storage Conduction
40xI012watts Plants Animals 32x1 01w7a tts
Te rresteinaelr gy
Fossfiule ls Nucleatrh,er maaln,dg ravitateinoenragly
Figure1 .W orldE nergFylw osheet
Oft hes olairnu pt,a bou3t0 %, etahtrhe' s alboe,di sd iretcly reflected
ands cattereidnt oo uters pcae,l eavintgh ee arht ass hor-twvaelengthr aida
tion; abuot4 7%i sd irectalbys obreda nd converteidnt oh ea;ta nda bou2t3 %
isd issipatiendc ircutliantgh routghhe astpmhoeraen dt heo cenas,a ndi n
the evaopraito,n precpiiattino and ciruclatoino fw ateri nt he hyrdologic
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cycl.e Finalyl, main utef ractio,n about4 0 1x0 watts, isa bsorbedb y
thel eaveso fp lantsa nds torecdh eimcally by ptrhoesc eso fp hotsoynhtesis
whereyb thei norngiacs usbtance,s watera ndc arbodnix oid,e ares ynhteszied
intoor ganciacr hbyodrtaesa cocrdintgot hea pproximtaee qutaino
Ligth energ+y co2 + H20 � [C2H0J+ o2•
Small thoiugtih s , this afctrino ist hee nergsyou rcfeo rt heb iologi
calr euqirementso ft hee arht'se ntirpeop uliaontso fp lantsa nd aanli.sm
Fromr adaicotvied atnigo fm eteoirte,s tahesr tonomicalc aatclyms that
producetdh es olars ystiems e sitmatedt oh aveo ccurreadbo ut4 .b5i lilon
yearasg oa ndm ircobiaolr ganihsamvseb ene foundi nr ocks olasda s3 2.
bililon yeras. Durintghe las6t0 0m illiony easr ofg eloogic history,a
mintue afcrtioonft he earht's organihsamvseb ene depostiedi ns wamsp and
othero xyeng-defiiecnetn ivronmetnsu ndecron dtiionosf i ncpomlteed ecya,
ande ventlulya burieudn degrr eatth incekssoefss edimetnayr mudsa nd sand. s
By sseuqbuenttrn asfromatinos, theseh aveb ecmoe tehae rht'sp renstes uplpy
off ossfiuell :s coa,l oila nda sscoiatperdo ucdt.s
About2 million yearasg ,o acocrdintgor ecnetd isvceoire,s the easnc
torosf m odermna nh adb egunt ow aluk prhitga ndt ou sep rimtiivteo los.
From thattmi et ot he prseent, thiss peicesh asd isntgiusiheidt seblyfi ts
invetnivneessi nt hep rgoressviec ontrolo fa ne verl-argefrra ctino oft he
availbalee nergsyup ply. Fisrtb,y m eanosf t oosl andw eaopn,s thei nvetnino
ofc lohting, tcheon trol offir e, tdheom esticaitono fp lantansd aanlsi m
andu seo f anipmowael,r thsi controwla sp rincipalleyc oglicoali nc haarcte.r
Nextf olwleodt he manipulaitono ft hei norgawnoircl di,n lcudingt he eslmtnig
ofm eatlsa ndt he primitiuvsee osf t hep owero fw ind awnatde .r
Suhc as atteo fd eveolpmenwtas sufficnitef ort her euqirmeentso fa ll
prem-odern cliizvaitniso. hAi hgerl-veeli nudstirailzecdiv ilizioantd idn ot
becmoep ossibunltei la largaenrd m orec oncnetrtaeds ourcoef e nergayn d
powerb ecmaea vialbal.e Thiso ccurrwehde nt heh uges upployfe nergsytr oed
int he fossil fuels wasf irstt appbeydt hem ininogf c oa,lwh ichb egana sa
contniuouesnt eprrsiea bou9t c entureisa go nearN ewcastilnen orhteastE ng
lan.d Exploaittino oft he secondm aojrf ossfiule-slu plpy, petorluem, began
in1 857i nR omaniaa nd2 yearlsa teirn t heU nitedS tate.s Thet appingo f
ane venl argesru plpyo fs toreedn er,g tyhato ft hea tmoic nluecu,sw asf irst
achiveedi na contorllde manenri n1 492, andn ow the proudctoino fn uclear
powefrr mo plnatsi nt he1 ,000-megwaattr aneg of pcacaiyt is in its early
satgeosf d evoeplmnet.
In addtiino tionc raeseedn ergsyuo rce,s energuyt iilzatni woasm akredly
enhnacebdy t wot ehcnolgoicadle voeplmetnsn eart hee ndo ft hel ascten tuyr:
thed evoeplmetn of itntheern al-cmobustion ienne,g utizliinpge troeulmp rod
uctfso rm obilpeow er, andt he developmeonfte letcricmaela nfso rt heg en
eratino andd istirbutino ofp owerf roml agre-aslcec entarlp owerp lnats.
This almsadoep osbslief ort he firts time thel arg-esacleu seo fw aterp owe.r
Thiss ourcoef p owerd erivferdmo thceon tmeporaryf lxu ofs olra energhya s
bene inu set os moed egreseni ceR omatnmi e,s buta lways ins mallu nits-
unitsr arellya rgethra an fwe hundrkeidl woatts. tWhie lecitcragle neriaotn
andd isitbruitono fh ydroowepr, firts accmpolihsed atN iagaFraal lasb out
1895, progrseviseyl largheyrd roowpers tationhsa veb ene intsallde wiht capa
citieusp t os veeratlh ousamnedg aawtt.s
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ENERGFYRO MF OSSIL FULES
Tot he prenstet he principaslou recso fe nergfyo ri nudstriauls ehsa ve
bene thef ossfiulle s. Let ust hereforrevei we the basifca tcsc oncerning
the exploitant iaondu tiilzaitono ft hesef ules. iTshc anb esbte d onbey
meanosf a graphicaplr ensteaitono ft hes tatistiofca sn unalp rodutcino.
WorldP rdoutcino ofC oala ndO il
Figure2 showtsh ea nnuawlo lrdp roductino ofc oaaln dl ignitfer mo
1860t o1 970, andt he paropxiamter atbea ckt o1 80,0 ona n raithmteic sclae.
Figuer 3s howtsh es mae daotna same ilgoarhimtics clae. Tsheig nfiiacnec
oft he lattperre snetatni iost hats traihgt-nleis egmetns othfe grwothc urev
indicapteer iodosf s taedye xponentigarlwo thi nt her atoef p roudctino.
Annuals attisitcso fc oal upcrtooidne alriert han1 860a red ifcfuitl to
assmbel,e but mf irnotemrittnete arlierre coridtsc anb ee stiamtetdha tf rmo
theb eignninogfc oamli ninagbo utt he1 2thc enturyA .Du.nt il1 80,0 the
averaggrewo thr atoef p roductionm usth aveb ene about2 %p ery ear,w ith an
averadgoeu lbingp erioodf a bou3t5 y ear.s Durintghe 8c enturietso 1 860
iti se stmaitedt hta cuumltaivper oducitona moutnedt oa bout7 x1 03 metric
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tons. By1 97,0 cuulmavteip roudctoinr eaechd1 40 x1 0metritcon s. Henec,
the coalm iendd urintgh e1 10y-eapre rdi ofrom1 860t o1 97w0a sa pproxiamtely
19t mies that otfh ep reecdnig8 centurie.s Thec oal upcreodddu rintgh e
lats 30y-eapr eriofdr mo 1940 t1o9 7w0a sa pproxiamtely equalt ot hatp ro
ducedd urinagl lp recedhiinstgo yr.
Ther atoef g rwotho fc oaplr odutcino cabne m orec learlsye ne frmo the
smeiolgatrhimicp lotntgio fF igur3e .T hes traihgt-nleis egmenotf tphreo
dutcino curvfer mo 1860t oW orldW arI inidcatae ss teadyex peonntiailn
craeseo f trhate eo fp roudctino durintgh si perioadt a bout4 4.%p ery ea,r
witha doublnigp erioodf1 6y ear.s Bewtene the begnininogf W olrdW arI
andt he enodfW olrdW arI I,t heg rwoth treas lwoedd own toa bou0t.7 5%p er
yeaarn da doulbnigp erioodf9 3y ear.s Finally, afteWro lrdW arI Ia more
raipdg rwothr atoef 3 .65%p ery eaarn da doulbingp erioofd1 9.8y earwsa s
resuemd.
Fiugre4 swhs,o ona na rtihmteic lse,c tahe annula worldc rude-iolp ro
dutcino fro1m 880t o1 97.0 Fiugre5 showtsh es amed atpal ottesdme ilgoa
rithmcially.A ftera slightlyh ihgeri nitailg rowthr at,e worldp etrloeum
proudctino from1 890t o1 97h0a s haa sdte adeyx ponnteiailnc raesea ta n
averargaet oef 6 .49%a nda dobulnigp erioodf .1009e ar.s Cuumlaitvew orld
produtcino ofc rudoei lt o1 97a0m onutetdo 2 33x 10 barrse.lO ft his, the
fisrth alrfe uqiredt he1 03-yeaprer iofdro m1 857t o1 960t op roudc,e the
secondh alfo nlyth e1 0y-eapr erido from1 96t0o 1 97.0
Whenc oails m easureidn m etritcon sa ndo ili nU .S4.2 -agllno barerl,s
a direcctomp arisno bewtene coaaln do ilc annotb em ad.e Such comap arsino
can bem ad,e howerv,eb ym eanosf t hee nergcyo netntso ft het wof ulesa s
detmeirnebdy t heirr epsetcivhee atso f mcbuostoin. Thsi iss howni nF iugre
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6,w heret he energpyr oudcepde r yeaerxp risesse di np oweru nitso f1 0
the l watt.s Frmo thisi ti ss ene thatu ntila fte1r90 0t he energcyon
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tributebdy c rudoei lw asb arye lsignifcianta sc moparewdi ht thta ofc oa.l
By1 970h,ow evre,t hee nergfyrm o crudeo ilh adi ncreasteod5 6%o ft hta from
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