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Comparing all oil (ever) to one day of
sunshine |
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Ultimate Conventional Oil |
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est. |
1,750,000,000,000 |
barrels |
Colin Campbell, 1997 |
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* |
5,800,000 |
btu/barrrel |
CRC |
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= |
10,150,000,000,000,000,000 |
btu/ever |
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Sun energy that intersects earth daily |
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49,240,279 |
mi^2 |
earth diameter 7,918 mi |
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* |
27,878,400 |
ft^2/mi^2 |
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* |
445 |
btu/ft^2 |
solar constant |
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* |
24 |
hrs/day |
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= |
14,660,865,419,430,000,000 |
btu/day |
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14,660,865 |
quads |
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144% |
daily sun:all conventional oil |
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400 |
quads annual global consumption |
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36,652 |
daily sun/annual global energy
consumption |
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Annual Energy (in metric
units) |
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est. |
13 |
tw annual global energy consumption |
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* |
8,760 |
hrs/year |
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= |
113,880 |
twh/year |
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/ |
1,000 |
quad/tera |
conversion |
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= |
114 |
quadrillion watt-hrs/year |
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* |
3.413 |
btu/watt-hr |
conversion |
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= |
389 |
quads/year |
(~ same as 400 quads) |
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