RESOURCES AND RESERVES OF ENERGY/POWER IN THE WORLD
ENERGY:-
ENERGY is the ability or capacity to work.We burn the food we eat to get energy with which we work. Like wise cars, planes, boats, machinery transform energy into work. Energy also lights our cities, powers our vehicles, and runs machinery in factories. It warms and cooks our food, plays our music, and runs our TV.
There are many sources of energy that help us to run the various machines invented by man. The first source of energy invented was FIRE. For thousands of years human energy demand was met by RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES - SUN, BIOMASS (wood, leaves,twigs), HYDEL (water) & WIND POWER. Next invention was the usage of WIND ENERGY (sails of ships, wind mills, irrigation systems), which increased the speed of the work.
But with the advent of the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION usage of FOSSIL FUEL began growing drastically. It started from the exploitation of coal deposits to the exploitation of oil and natural gas fields. Only for a recent 50 years have we been using NUCLEAR ENERGY. Now it has become very evident that extended usage of the NON-RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY, has led to many drastic and damaging changes in our Environment. While generating electricity from fossil fuels, harmful gases have been emitted into the atmosphere, which in turn has damaged our ozone layer.
Due to the problems associated with using FOSSIL FUEL alternative sources of energy have become important and relevant in today's world, like solar and wind energy.
TOP OIL-PRODUCING COUNTRIES:-
- RUSSIA = 505,100,000 TONNES.
- SAUDI ARABIA = 467,800,000 TONNES.
- USA = 339,100,000 TONNES.
- IRAN = 203,200,000 TONNES.
- CHINA = 203,000,000 TONNES.
- CANADA = 162,800,000 TONNES.
- MEXICO = 146,300,000 TONNES.
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES = 130,800,000 TONNES.
- VENEZUELA = 126,800,000 TONNES.
- KUWAIT = 122,500,000 TONNES.
TOP COUNTRIES WITH THE GREATEST OIL RESERVES:-
- SAUDI ARABIA = 36,3000,000,000 TONNES.
- VENEZUELA = 30,400,000,000 TONNES.
- IRAN = 18,800,000,000 TONNES.
- IRAQ = 15,5000,000,00 TONNES.
- KUWAIT = 14,000,000,000 TONNES.
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES = 13,000,000,000 TONNES.
- RUSSIA = 10,600,000,000 TONNES.
- LIBYA = 6,000,000,000 TONNES.
- KAZAKHSTAN = 5,500,000,000 TONNES.
- CANADA = 5,000,000,000 TONNES.
- NIGERIA = 5,000,000,000 TONNES.
TOP RENEWABLE POWER CONSUMING COUNTRIES:-
- USA = 39,100,000,000
- GERMANY = 18,600,000,000
- SPAIN = 12,400,000,000
- CHINA = 12,100,000,000
- BRAZIL = 7,900,000,000
- ITALY = 5,600,000,000
- JAPAN = 5,100,000,000
- INDIA = 5,000,000,000
- UK = 4,900,000,000
- SWEDEN = 4,300,000,000
