Energy CrisisBy – Jahnavi , VIII oly.

•c O n T e N t S

• What Is Energy Crisis……?

• Energy Crisis Management

• Energy Crisis In India

• Causes Of Energy Crisis

• Effects Of Energy Crisis on our economy

• Solutions…

•An energy crisis is any

great bottleneck (or price rise) in the

supply of energy resources to

an economy. In popular literature

though, it often refers to one of the

energy sources used at a certain time

and place, particularly those that

supply national electricity grids or

serve as fuel for vehicles

•There has been an enormous

increase in the global demand for

energy in recent years as a result

of industrial development and

population growth. Supply of

energy is, therefore, far less than

the actual demand.

•The energy crisis we often talk about is not

about the shortage of energy. In fact there

is more than enough energy around. The

―energy crisis‖ is because we are unable to

extract sufficient fuel from the earth to

satisfy our needs; or because we are not

producing enough electricity using the

various fuels. This results in an energy

crisis in spite of abundant energy around

us.

Scientists all over the world are plagued with the

problem of energy crisis. At individual level, very

little is being done to overcome it. Natural

resources are fast depleting. They are being

sold at sky rocketing rates. Many are finding it

difficult to manage their budget. But there's no

choice. Time is fast running out and we are yet

to come up with an answer. It has become

imperative now to look for alternative sources of

energy.

•Environmentalists have been plaguing

our lives with the truth of diminishing

resources. But we turned a deaf ear to all

their pleas. It's time to wake up and smell

the coffee. No longer can we be lax

about this issue. So let's take a look at

some of the resources that are available

and can be optimized to suit our needs.

•Two natural resources are here to our rescue;

wind and sun. They are available in plenty and at

no cost! Installing solar panels in houses can

replace central air conditioning. Using solar

cookers to prepare food can save on gas and

electricity.

•If wind turbines are installed in plenty,

power and electricity can be generated

to run some electrical appliances.

Putting all this in place is a little

expensive. But we have to think of the

long-term benefits that doing so offers.

•Water is another resource that can be utilized to

our

advantage. Studies are being conducted on how to

use water as fuel to run vehicles. Some

experiments have been successful in burning

water to produce energy to drive a car.

•However, these engine models

need to be worked upon more to

give them the perfect design.

Biodiesel is yet another fuel that is

easier to produce and cheaper to

run. But the engines need to be fine

tuned to accept them.

•For a century we have known that

energy crisis management is

important . Plenty of options are

available to us as alternate energy

resources. We need to keep our

eyes open and learn to use them

efficiently and judiciously.

•India’s energy crisis cascaded

over half the country on Tuesday

when three of its regional grids

collapsed, leaving 620 million

people without government-

supplied electricity for several

hours in, by far, the world’s biggest

blackout. …

oThe new power failure affected 620

million people across 20 of India’s 28

states – about double the population

of the United States.

oThe blackout was unusual in its

reach, stretching from the border

with Myanmar in the northeast to

the Pakistani border about 3000

kilometers away.

Its impact, however, was softened by

Indians’ familiarity with frequent

blackouts and the widespread use of

backup generators for major businesses

and key facilities such as hospitals and

airports. …

India’s demand for electricity has

soared along with its economy in

recent years, but utilities have been

unable to meet the growing needs.

India’s Central Electricity Authority

reported power deficits of more than 8

per cent in recent months.

In addition, vast amounts of power

are pirated through unauthorized

wiring that taps into the electrical

system.

The power deficit was worsened by a

weak monsoon that lowered hydroelectric

generation and kept temperatures higher,

further increasing electricity usage as

people seek to cool off.

•The lifeblood of our society is

economical and abundant energy.

Coal, oil and natural gas are

supplying almost 90% of the world’s

energy needs.

•Hydro energy, nuclear energy and coal are

primarily used to produce electrical energy .

Biomass is used for cooking and heating . Natural

gas is used mostly for heating. Our salvation lies

primarily in wind and solar power. Although these

sources may seem small, they represent the future

because they are sustainable.

•Oil is uniquely versatile and as a result powers

almost all our machines. At nearly the speed

of sound, airplanes powered by oil carry a

plethora of people across the oceans every

day.

•Oil-powered vehicles transport and produce our

food. In USA alone, there are less people in

seats than there are seats in oil-powered

vehicles. Oil-powered machines are our only

way of life that we have known for many years.

Clearly, we are living in the age of oil, but that

age is rapidly drawing to a close.

•There is only sufficient oil to last 44

years if oil production stays constant

until it is used up. As oil reserves

become depleted, there will be less

which will make keeping production

constant impossible.

•Likewise, there is only enough coal to last

133 years and only enough natural gas to last

61 more years.

•Certainly by now, everyone realizes that gas

and oil will become expensive and scarce

within the lifetimes of our children or their

children.

•There will inevitably be a transition to

more renewable energy sources. That

transition may be haphazard or planned — it

is on us to decide. 66.3 percent of the

world’s gas reserves are in the Middle East

and the Russian Federation.

•The United States have 3.4 percent. On the

other hand, The United States consume 25

percent of the world’s oil and 70 percent of that

is imported.

•The coming times of scarce energy reserves will be

very hard for everyone here but it will be even

harder if it is not anticipated.

•It is huge importance that the public and all the

people who make decisions understand all the

facts about the energy crisis we are about to

face.

•The macroeconomic implications of a supply

shock-induced energy crisis are large,

because energy is the resource used to exploit

all other resources.

•When energy markets fail, an energy shortage

develops. Electricity consumers may experience

intentionally-engineered rolling blackouts which are

released during periods of insufficient supply or

unexpected power outages, regardless of the

cause.

•Industrialized nations are dependent on oil,

and efforts to restrict the supply of oil would

have an adverse effect on the economies of

oil producers. For the consumer, the price

of natural gas , gasoline (petrol)

and diesel for cars and other vehicles rises.

•An early response from stakeholders is the call for

reports, investigations and commissions into the

price of fuels. There are also movements towards

the development of more sustainable urban

infrastructure.

ENERGY

•The world needs both more electricity and

less pollution. The goals are not incompatible,

but the solution will require better management

of demand, smarter use of coal as well as

renewable energy sources, and increased use

of nuclear power.

1. Make gasoline-only cars illegal

"Every gas-powered car has an average street

life of seventeen years, which means that the

minute you leave the lot, you're signing up for

two decades of foreign-oil dependence.

•The easiest way to change this is to mandate that

every vehicle sold in the U.S. is flex-fuel compatible so

that it can run on just about any blend of hydrocarbon-

based fuels -- gasoline, ethanol, methanol, etc.

•The technology already exists, and the process is

cheap, about a hundred dollars per vehicle. Detroit will

cry about 'government interference,' but in fact the

mandate would open a vast new free market in

alternative-fuel development."

3. Think of the world in terms of sugarcane

"America hasn't been very good about making friends

in the Middle East lately, but there are still a few

countries in Latin America, Africa, and southeast Asia

that like us.

•And many of them, such as Panama, Kenya, and

Thailand, grow sugarcane, from which you can

make ethanol at half the cost of making it from corn.

We should direct foreign aide throughout the

agricultural sector in these countries to increase

their efficiency and create jobs. That will make them

happy, and it'll improve our national security. They'll

be our friends forever. Unlike the OPEC nations."

4. Revolutionize waste

"Sixty-five percent of our garbage is biomass: food,

paper, scrap wood. All of it could be converted to

methanol. The process has been around for two

hundred years.

•And it's twice as efficient as cellulosic ethanol,

supposedly the next big thing in alternative fuels. Then

there's coal -- America has a quarter of the world's

reserve, but we use it mainly to feed power plants,

which is a dirty and inefficient use.

•Instead, coal can be converted to clean-burning

methanol for the equivalent of one dollar per

gallon. Last, look to recyclables, like black liquor, a

toxic by-product of the paper industry.

•Right now, paper mills inefficiently recycle it

themselves. But black liquor can be converted to

methanol. Do so and we'd generate nine billion

gallons of methanol a year -- almost twice the ethanol

we now make from corn."

•These are only three of many common-sense

opportunities throughout the economy, but we're

not taking advantage of them, because there isn't a

sustainable market for alternative fuels. Yet. Which

brings us back to step one: flex-fuel technology.

•Get that and the other three will take care of

themselves. There will be stiff opposition from the oil,

corn, and auto lobbies. There always is. But let's

hope that Washington can step up for a change.

Because once you take politics out of the energy

policy, you get very different -- and much better --

results."

We would have squeezed out all coal , oil and gas

We Will Run Out Of Oil