Archive for the 'Energy' Category

China: A developed, green economy by 2050?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

I’m pretty sure that by mid-century, China will be a developed country with an efficient economy generating a huge share of its energy needs of renewable energy sources. That’s my prediction.
Next to China, there are two other prospective candidates: Indonesia and Brazil. These three countries are growing fast despite the aftermath of the Great Recession [...]

The True Cost of Oil

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Currently I’m working on a research paper with the title “On the Threshold to a New Energy Age - America’s shift towards renewable energy as a consequence of the energy crisis and climate change” and as part of my research, I conducted a poll to find out how prepared people are for the New Energy [...]

on the unequal consumption of oil & the resulting risks

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

According to the CIA World Factbook, the United States of America has a population of roughly 307.2 million. (July 2009 estimate) (1)
The total population of the world is estimated to be around 6.7 billion based on calculations of the World Bank. (data from 2008) (2)
This means Americans constitue 4.5% of the world’s population.
The U.S. Energy Information [...]

Top 10 oil-consuming countries

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Currently I’m working on a research paper with the title
“On the Threshold to a New Energy Age - America’s shift towards renewable energy as a consequence of the energy crisis and climate change”.
Therefore I created two graphics, illustrating the total and per capita oil consumption of the ten largest oil consumers: The United States, China, Japan, [...]

Solar Power from the Land of the Pyramids

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Egyptians had worshipped the sun for several millennia. In Ancient Egypt, Ra was worshipped as the God of the Sun. Now Egyptians are starting to harness the sun’s energy. According to the International Energy Outlook 2009 (available at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/world.html) world energy consumption is going to increase by 44% until 2030. Even if Peak Oil were [...]