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| terrestrial organic matter |
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| Where does energy derive from? |
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| How much energy does a lead-acid battery store? |
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| enough to lift it ten feet off the ground |
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| How much energy does a gallon of gasoline store? |
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| enough to lift it 1000 miles in the air |
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| Other term for high clinker coals |
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| When the sea level drops and the swamps are reestablished |
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| Literal meaning of petroleum |
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| glue, medicine, waterproofing |
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| What you need to get petroleum |
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| areas that used to be ocean basins |
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| biogenic gas; <50 degrees c |
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| thermogenic gas; >150 degrees c |
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| produces kerogen, then petroleum; 50-150 degrees c; oil window |
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| Primary means of creating electricity in U.S. |
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| Oil rises to the surface so you need an oil... |
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| Examples of structural traps |
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| Anticlinal trap, salt dome, fault trap |
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| Examples of stratigraphic traps |
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| How much more oil does EOR get? |
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| Where does most crude oil go? |
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| How many oil sedimentary basins worldwide? |
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| Original companies who owned all the oil |
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| 5.7 to 16 billion barrels |
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| Produces lighter, more stable atoms |
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| puts together lighter atoms to create larger, more stable atoms |
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| Advantages of nuclear energy |
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1. Largest amount of energy possible
2. Fuel is abundant
3. products have little radioactivity |
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| Location where direct solar energy sources exist |
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| convert direct sunlight into energy |
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| naturally occurring photovoltaic process |
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| most efficient means of creating electricity |
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| Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion |
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| Largest current source of energy |
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| geothermal fields; concentrated in western u.s. |
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| Earliest uses of solar energy |
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| egyptians stored heat during the day and released at night |
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| primary element in producing photovoltaic cells |
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| Diameter of fenner wind projects |
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| 231 feet; produce 1.5 megawatts |
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