What is the current status of Fossil Fuels?

• Origin of fossil fuels
  

The evolution of coal
Oil Tanker
Refinery
Fractional distillation of petroleum oil

• Energy demand
  

• Dependency on fossil fuels.

Oil Crisis of 1973
Countries exporting oil to the US

• Fossil fuel depletion rate; how long do we have?
• Public perception
  
• Environmental issues

Prudhoe Bay and the Exxon Valdez
Shoreline damage from the oil spill

• Consequences; standard of living concerns.

Electrical generation methods

Coal and nuclear power process
Coal and nuclear pollution issues
Cooling towers
Electricity from nuclear power
Nuclear reactor core
Nuclear fuel

• Storage of spent fuel and radioactive contaminated material

Yucca Mountain - national nuclear waste storage site
Proposed Yucca Mountain design
Temporary on-site spent fuel storage
Temporary disposal of radioactive contaminated wastes
Nuclear reactor decommissioning

• Public perception;  Nuclear accidents

Chernobyl accident site
Chernobyl reactor entomement
Radioactivity fallout from the Chernobyl accident
Restricted area surrounding Chernobyl

Hydroelectric

Hoover Dam site
Hydroelectric process

What's wrong with other alternative energy sources?

• renewable?
• continuous?
• location?
• availability?
• environment?
• meet demand?
• cost?
• feasible?

Solarpower
Geothermal power
Tidalpower
Wind power
Nuclear fusion power
 
• others:
• ocean waves, currents, thermal differences
• biomass

• Can't get something for nothing!!!
• Bacon vs. Carson
• Conservation and Life-style Changes.