CHM310H1 Lecture Notes - Human Impact On The Environment, Lignin, Peak Oil
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Fossil fuels make up the largest source of energy. Petroleum/ oil: gasoline, fractionation, distillation, differnt fraction of crude oil. Crude oil: slide 7: fossil fuel slide: concept of oil is referred to as peak oil: which is attempting to desctibe is when we will reach a maximum peak production of oil. Hbbert in usa 1950"s answered the question of how much oil there is, how long will it last: the idea he developed was you can plot the discovery rate of oil as a function of time. If you start opening up new technologies and start looking for new types of oil you may be able to prolong the curve, this is just another view which is plotted as a function of fruit from the globe. A measure of oil: slide 9: the q is what do you move into?wht might start to open up. Ex: dw is oil = deep water drilling oil.
