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Conventional Energy Conventional Energy Professor Hector R Rodriguez School of Business Mount Ida College Business, Society & Environment

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How is most domestic U.S. energy produced? Test Your Energy I.Q. Source: Renewable Source Energy ?

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How is most domestic U.S. energy produced? Test Your Energy I.Q. Source: Renewable Source Energy A

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Though the US has only 4% of the world’s population, what percentage of the world’s energy does it consume?? Test Your Energy I.Q. Source: Renewable Source Energy ?

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Test Your Energy I.Q. Source: Renewable Source Energy Though the US has only 4% of the world’s population, what percentage of the world’s energy does it consume?? ?

Introduction to Energy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GHG Concentrations Increasing Source: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, “Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report,” 2007 The reason why we want to reduce them? The Greenhouse Effect ,[object Object]

One of the Causes of Climate Change One of the Main Sources of GHG’s are Fossil Fuels

For many years, we have generated electricity in much the same way: Side Note: Generating Electricity Fuels are burnt to heat water and turn it to steam. The steam is forced through large fans called turbines, making them turn around. The turbines turn generators The electricity flows along cables into the National Grid. Fuel creates heat, movement, energy in form of electricity…

Similar process as that of creating energy Side Note: Internal Combustion Engine Fuel creates heat, movement, energy in form of torque… What else do they have in common? They both need fuel…

What Fuels do we Mostly Use? Fossil Fuels The main concern? CO 2 … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fossil Fuel Emissions (Global Warming Potential) Coal, Oil and Gas Next… Over 80% of fossil fuel emissions comes from burning coal, oil and gas…

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Geology of Coal Made from the remains of plants which died millions of years ago

Environmental Impacts of Coal ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Geology of Oil and Gas ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Environmental Impacts of Oil and Gas ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Emerging” Source - Shale Gas

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United States Shale Basins Source: Modern Shale Gas, US Department of Energy; 2009

“ Emerging” Source – Oil Sands ,[object Object],[object Object],Dust hangs in the sunset sky above the Suncor Millennium mine, an open-pit north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Canada's oil sands are layers of sticky, tarlike bitumen mixed with sand, clay, and water. Around a hundred feet of soil must be stripped off to reach many deposits.

“ Emerging” Source – Oil Sands ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A fistful of oil sand contains just 10 to 15 percent bitumen. Only in the past decade have technology and demand merged to make this complex industry profitable.

Oil Sands – The Challenge ,[object Object],[object Object],After being separated from its sandy matrix in a hot water wash, bitumen is transferred to upgrading facilities like Syncrude's in Canada, where it is heated and processed in order to break its long, heavy chain of hydrocarbon molecules. Carbon is removed, hydrogen is added, and the new, lighter product is transformed into synthetic crude oil.

“ Emerging” Source – Oil Sands

The Challenge ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],We’ll turn to those next…

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