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Energy resources, CO2 production and energy conservation

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  • O'Callaghan, Paul W.

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World fossil fuel reserves, historical and current rates of consumption are reviewed and estimates of indigenous lives in geographical regions are made. Rates of production and accomulations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are calculated and correlations made with measured global mean temperatures and concomitant sea-level rises. It is concluded that, if present rates of global fossil-fuel consumptions continue unabated, the world's fossil-fuel store will be depleted by the year 2050. This would be accompanied by a substantial rise in global mean temperature. The effects of various protocols for the reductions of emissions are examined. It is concluded that there is no alternative than to cease the production and release into the atmosphere of the more damaging man-made greenhouse gases as soon as is practicably possible and to seek a sustained reduction in the rates of combustion of fossil fuels world-wide via energy management and conservation. This course of action will result in extending the time available for the development of a future renewable energy economy.

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  • O'Callaghan, Paul W., 1993. "Energy resources, CO2 production and energy conservation," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 44(2), pages 65-91.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:44:y:1993:i:2:p:65-91
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    1. Al-Qahtani, Haitham, 1996. "Retrievable carbon dioxide in the state of Bahrain," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 1-9, May.

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