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The Science and Refining of Oil

In: BP and the Macondo Spill

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  • Colin Read

    (SUNY College)

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Hydrocarbons literally fuel our economy. Oil is a major constituent of the class of energy labeled nonrenewables that also includes natural gas and coal. The other sources of energy are nuclear, which technically is also a nonrenewable, and renewable energy sources, ranging from wind and solar power, biomass, wave power, and hydroelectric. With the exception of nuclear energy, these energy sources derive their energy content from the sun, through differential heating of the atmosphere, the photons emitted from the Sun and impinging on solar panels, heating fluids, from the creation of weather, or from the absorption of light and carbon dioxide to create carbohydrates in plants.

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  • Colin Read, 2011. "The Science and Refining of Oil," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: BP and the Macondo Spill, chapter 4, pages 15-20, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-30508-3_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230305083_4
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