Interesting Facts

1 pound of coal makes 1200 watts of electricity. A Family of 4 requires 3,375 pounds of coal for making hot water every year.
World wide coal power plants are 33% - 36% efficient.
Oil production peaked in 1970 in the United States.
Natural Gas production peaked in the United States in 1973.
Natural Gas production peaked in Canada in 2001.
Production of Natural Gas wells virtually falls off a cliff once production peaks, because once the pressure is released it cannot be pumped back up.
Hydrogen is NOT a energy source, it is a carrier. To satisfy all the transportation needs of Los Angeles would require a doubling of the use of water and the output equivalent of 100 nuclear plants.

On June 14th 2007 the British newspaper "The Independent" warned that top scientist are predicting we are going to run out of oil faster than expected. Dr. Colin Campbell a former chief geologist and Vice-president of BP, Shell, Fina, Exxon, and ChevronTexaco states peak hit in 2005. All major oil fields are in decline and have been since 2005. Natural gas will peak world-wide in 20 years or sooner. Look for drastic price increases in the near future.

BusinessWeek 07/26/2007 states with peak oil hitting in 2005 and alternatives at least a decade away and not being able to fill the gap look for slowing, then a stop and then a reversal for the economy plunging the world into a new dark age. War would result for the remaining supplies.

Oil trading for around $90 a barrel, we're
paying the equivalent of 13 cents a cup.

There's 667 cups in every barrel of oil. So $90 divided by 667 =
$0.13.

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