Power Hungry (2011)
Power Hungry
“The BP Statistical Review of World Energy estimates daily global commercial energy use at about 226 million barrels of oil equivalent. Of that quantity, about 79 million barrels comes from oil, 66 million from coal, 55 million from gas, 12 million from nuclear, and 14 million from hydropower. Obviously, hydrocarbons are the biggest portion of the global energy mix, accounting for about 200 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. But how can we even imagine what those quantities of energy rep...resent?
What is 226 million barrels of oil equivalent? Well, try thinking of it this way: It’s approximately equal to the total daily oil output of twenty-seven Saudi Arabias. Since the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, Saudi Arabia’s oil production has averaged about 8.5 million barrels per day.1 Over the past few years, we have repeatedly been told that we should quit using hydrocarbons. Fine. Global daily hydrocarbon use is about 200 million barrels of oil equivalent, or about 23.5 Saudi Arabias per day.MoreLess
What is 226 million barrels of oil equivalent? Well, try thinking of it this way: It’s approximately equal to the total daily oil output of twenty-seven Saudi Arabias. Since the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, Saudi Arabia’s oil production has averaged about 8.5 million barrels per day.1 Over the past few years, we have repeatedly been told that we should quit using hydrocarbons. Fine. Global daily hydrocarbon use is about 200 million barrels of oil equivalent, or about 23.5 Saudi Arabias per day.MoreLess
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