Fossil fuel data from the DOE EIA for 2011 is presented. (a) Please update the s

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Fossil fuel data from the DOE EIA for 2011 is presented. (a) Please update the
six values in the table using the most current world reserves and consumption data for
each fossil fuel available from http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm. (b)
Compute the depletion time from 2018. [9 pts]

Fossil Fuel Resources Fossil World Annual WorldDepletion Reserves ConsumptionTime Fuel Coal Nat. 118 yrs 58 yrs 46 yrs The reserves and consumption data are from the U.S. DOE EIA and A (short) ton in the U.S. equals 2000 lbs; a (long) ton in the United 980 billion short tons 6700 trillion cubic feet 1480 billion barrels 8.3 billion short tons 116 trillion cubic feet 32 billion barrels Gas Oil the depletion time is computed based on no change in those 2011 data Kingdom is 2240 lbs. Ametric ton (often termed a tonne) is 1000 kg

Explanation / Answer

Fossil Fuel

World Reserve

Annual World Consumption

Depletion Period

Coal

1136.32 Billion short tons

8.5 Billion Short tons

134 years

Oil

1657 Billion barrel

35 billion barrel

48 years

Natural Gas

6950 Trillion cubic feet

124.25 Trillion cubic feet

55 years

Note : This data is of latest year shown on source website. i.e 2015

Fossil Fuel

World Reserve

Annual World Consumption

Depletion Period

Coal

1136.32 Billion short tons

8.5 Billion Short tons

134 years

Oil

1657 Billion barrel

35 billion barrel

48 years

Natural Gas

6950 Trillion cubic feet

124.25 Trillion cubic feet

55 years

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