A note on Energy Crisis

• Till 1960's coal was major contributor towards power, By 1970, Oil overtook coal. Production of crude oil rose from 1503 mT ( 1965) to 2850 mT ( 1973) . Then Arab embargo in 1973 Western multinatonal oil companies promoted a wasteful energy consumption pattern for sake of higher profits.
  World's known oil reserves of 700 billion barrel wont last more than 2030 . The developing countries pay an import bill of $150 billion.
  Known reserves of coal are 650 billion mT ( =3100 billion barrels of oil ).
  Known reserves of natural gas are 500 billion barrel. ( 72 % of proven oil reserves and 15 % of proven coal reserves ).
  Oil Shale is another energy resource, but not commercially exploited.
  Forests in developing countries are being consumed @ 1.3 % of total forest area of 15 million hectares a year.
  Dung being burnt annually is = 2 million tons of nitrogen and phosphorus.


• 1% saving in T&D loss is = 1000 MW capacity added.


• 80% of the power capacity is with states.


• By the inputs needed to produce 1 MW, it is possible to conserve 3 MW power.