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Here are Examples of The-Full-Range of Amounts-of-Energy used by humans in specific instances.
Figures here are Only-Approximate in Some-Instances!
Amounts-of-Energy are nearly-equal Across-the Page!
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All-of-Each-Line - - - Represents TEN-Times the Amount-of-Energy of - - - All-of-The-Line Just-Below-It.
E+23 BTU = 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 700,000-Cubic-Mi.-Coal= 1,000,000 x USA USE DURING 1996 = USE RATE DURING 2398 AT 3.5%/year growth rate.
E+22 BTU = 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 70,000-Cubic-Mi.-Coal = 100,000 x USA USE DURING 1996 = USE RATE DURING 2331 AT 3.5%/year growth rate.
E+21 BTU = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 7,000-Cubic-Miles-Coal = 10,000 x USA USE DURING 1996 = USE RATE DURING 2264 AT 3.5%/year growth rate.
E+20 BTU = 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 700-Cubic-Milse-Coal = ROUGH-ESTIMATE of Earth's TOTAL-FOSSIL-FUEL-SUPPLY ( OIL + GAS + COAL ) as of 1996!
E+19 BTU = 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 70-Cubic-Miles-Coal = 100 x USA USE DURING 1996 = USE RATE DURING 2130 AT 3.5%/year growth rate.
E+18 BTU = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 7-Cubic-Miles-Coal = 10 x USA USE DURING 1996 = USE RATE DURING 2063 AT 3.5%/year growth rate.
E+17 BTU = 100,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 100.000 QUAD = 1 x USA USE DURING 1996
E+16 BTU = 10,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 10.000 QUAD = 5.2 WEEKS of USA USE DURING 1966 Top lines represent UNIMAGINABLY-
E+15 BTU = 1,000,000,000,000,000 BTU = 1.000 QUAD = 3.6 DAYS of USA USE DURING 1966 LARGE Amounts-of-Energy!
E+14 BTU = 100,000,000,000,000 BTU = .100 QUAD = 9.6 HOURS of USA USE DURING 1966
E+13 BTU = Below 10,000,000,000,000 BTU = .010 QUAD = 1.0 HOUR of USA USE DURING 1966 Bottom lines represent very-
E+12 BTU = COSTS Only 1,000,000,000,000 BTU = .001 QUAD = 6.0 Min. of USA USE DURING 1966 small amounts-of-Energy.
E+11 BTU = For Gasoline 100,000,000,000 BTU = 4,000.0 TONS of COAL = 18,000.0 Barrels of oil/gas = 100,000 Car Gas-ups
E+10 BTU = and Electricity: 10,000,000,000 BTU = 400.0 TONS of COAL = 1,800.0 Barrels of oil/gas = 10,000 Car Gas-ups
E+09 BTU = $20,000. 1,000,000,000 BTU = 40.0 TONS of COAL = 180.0 Barrels of oil/gas = 1,000 Car Gas-ups
E+08 BTU = $2,000. 100,000,000 BTU = 4.0 TONS of COAL = 18.0 Barrels of oil/gas = 100 Car Gas-ups
E+07 BTU = $200. 10,000,000 BTU = .4 TONS of COAL = 1.8 Barrels of oil/gas = 10 Car Gas-ups
E+06 BTU = $20. 1,000,000 BTU = 10. THERM = 7.6 Gallons of oil/gas = 1 Car Gas-up
E+05 BTU = $2. 100,000 BTU = 1. THERM = 25,200.0 Cal =0.8 Gal. of oil/gas = 25 Watt-bulb on for 40 days
E+04 BTU = $0.200 Fill-Hot-tub 10,000 BTU = 0.1 THERM = 2,520.0 Cal =1.2 Cups of oil/gas = 25 Watt-bulb on for 4 days
E+03 BTU = $0.020 Fill-Hot-bat 1,000 BTU = 0.01 THERM = 252.0 Cal =0.5 Tblspn of oil/gas = 25 Watt-bulb on for 10 hours
E+02 BTU = $0.002
Quick-Shower 100 BTU = 0.001 THERM = 25.20 Cal =0.2 Teaspn of oil/gas = 25 Watt-bulb on for 1 hour
E+01 BTU = 10 BTU = 0.0001 THERM = 2.52 Cal =0.02 Teaspn of gas =
Heating Two hot-cups-of-tea.
E+00 BTU = 1 BTU = 252.00 cal = 0.252 Cal=0.002 Teaspn of gas = 100 Watt-Light on for 10 sec.
E-01 BTU = (Left-margin-symbols 0.1 BTU = 25.20 cal = 0.025 Cal = 100.00 Watt-Sec. = 100 Watt-Light on for 1 sec.
E-02 BTU = are power of ten.) 0.01 BTU = 2.52 cal = 0.003 Cal = 10.00 Watt-Sec. = 10 Watt-Light on for 1 sec.
E-03 BTU = 0.001 BTU = 0.25 cal = 1.05 Joule = 1.00 Watt-Sec. = 1
Flash-Light on for 1 sec.
E-04 BTU = 0.000,1 BTU = 0.03 cal = 0.11 Joule = .10 Watt-Sec. = 1 Lift-up-a-cup-of-tea once.
1 barrel = 42 gallons = 168 quarts = 672 cups = 2,688 tablespoons = 8,064 teaspoons Please report any errors here to psmith1coe@aol.com
1 gallon = 4 quarts = 16 cups = 64 tablespoons = 192 teaspoons
1 quart = 4 cups = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons
1 cup = 4 tablespoons = 12 teaspoons
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons
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Key-Factors that are related/relevant to Our Responding Wisely to Our-Global Energy Crisis:
1. The differences between [Un-informed Merely-Subjective-Opinions] and [Reliable-Unbiased Objective-Facts, sometimes generally agreed upon.]
2. The differences between [Un-informed Merely-Politically/Religiously Motivated-Opinions] and [Un-Avoidable Objective-Facts as Above.]
3. The Fact that [Extreme-Accuracy is Rarely-Essential to Setting-Political-Priorities Wisely-and-Prudently.] While [Preoccupations with accuracy often distract us.]
4. The Fact that [For-Material-Resources] there is a [Fixed-Finite-Amount of the Material-Resource] available within Space-Ship-Earth; e.g., GOLD, PLATINUM, SILVER, COPPER, TITANIUM, URANIUM, VANADIUM, etc.
5. The Fact that For-Each-Such-resource the Range-of-Concentration/Purity and Distribution of the Limited-Resource-Available, are both important.
6. The Fact that it is important to Deal Openly-and-Publicly with the following Three-Different-Types-of-Consensuses:
a. A Consensus about a Reasonable Least-Upper-Bound on the Amount-of-a-Resource Avaiable in Space-Ship-Earth.
b. A Consensus about a Reasonably Accurate-Best-Estimate of the Amount-of-a-Resource Available in Space-Ship-Earth
c. A Consensus about a Reasonable Greatest-Lower-Bound on the Amount-of-a-Resource Available in Space-Ship-Earth.
7. The Actual-Uneven-Geographic-Distributions of Essential-Key-Relatively-Pure-Resources WITHIN Space-Ship-Earth.
8. The Political-Implications of the above Actual-Uneven-Geographic-Distributions mentioned in line seven.
9. The Energy-Demand-Implications of the above Actual-Uneven-Distributions mentioned in line seven.
10. The Laws-of-Physics-and-Chemistry which Must-be-Understood and used to Prudently-Deal-With-the-above-Circumstances.
11. The CONSUMPTION-RATE of each of Space-Ship-Earth's Limited-Available-Fossil-Energy-Resources - - - Will-Peak When-HALF-THE-ORIGINAL-RESOURCE-HAS-BEEN-CONSUMED! NOW that has-happended or is-happening for Oil-and-Natural-Gas.
12. Radiation of Waste-Heat-Energy into Interstellar-Space - - - is Essential-to-our-Survival within Tolerable-Climates.
13. Excessive Carbon-Dioxide and Methane in our Atmosphere INHIBIT the above Essential-Dispersal of Entropy via Heat-Rays to Cold-Inter-Stellar-Space.
14. Human-Activities have long been contributing to Increasing the above INHIBITIONS of Waste-Energy-Dispersal.
15. Past Patterns of Increasingly-Intense Human-Activities are In-The-Long-Term NOT-Sustainable because of Global-Warming which is Now-Occuring.
16. Only resources within two miles of Earth's surface can practically be used by us as minerals, elements, and/or prime sources of concentated energy.
17. Purification/Concentration/Use of Dispersed-Resources can be achieved only by Dispersing-Limited-Supplies of Concentrated-Energy.
18. Minerals-and-Elements outside of Space-Ship-Earth are Unlikely-to-Play-Significant-Roles in resolving Scarcity- Dilemmas in the forseeable future.
19. Concentrated-Energy-Resources outside of the Earth/Sun are Unlikely-to-Play-Significant-Roles in resolving Scarcity-Dilemmas.
20. A Modest Steady-Growth-in-A-Consumption-Rate Will-Tragicly-Exhaust Its-Finite-Resource Sooner-Than-Expected by an Uninformed-Crew of Space-Ship-Earth.
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