Countnow - Energy


	Energy		All around energy production and utilization world energy consumption production of energy carriers power stations and electricity

	Energy

			The comsumption of energy is rising more and more. Humans are looking constantly for new and better energy sources. Nevertheless there is still a huge consumption of non-renewable fossil fuels.
			Energy production worldwide since the 1.1.1999: tons SKE*

			This is about GJ (Gigajoule)

			To store this energy in chocholat bars, it takes bars
			SKE = hard coal units; by comparison: a man needs about 15000 KJ energy per day. That is 0.0005 SKE Source: Yearbook of World Energy Statistics, UN, Formelsammlung


	energy production

			petrol production since 1.1.1999: tons

			gas production 1999: cubic meters.

			hard coal since the beginning of 1999: cubic meters
			Source: "Der Fischer Weltalmanach 1999"


	Electricity

			A big part of energy is of course transformed into electricity. In fact the consumption of electricity also increases steeply. Here some counters to get an impression of the enormous quantities of energy:
			produced electricity since 1.1.1999: million KWh*
			Well, that does not make to much sense. Here a comparison:
			A bulb of 60W is with this energy on for milleniums!
			About 7% of the world energy production comes from nuclear power stations.
			Actually there are nuclear power stations worldwide.
			Only about 3% of the energy is gained through nonpolluting methods.
			Solar, hydroelectric and wind power stations produce since 1.1.1999 million KWh.
			* By comparison: A bulb of 60W needs about 0.06 KWh per hour. Source: "Der Fischer Weltalmanach 1999", p.1133