Morgan Cockman

March 20, 2017

1. Energy Efficiency

a.
i. 1,000 grams natural gas = 55MJ Chemical Energy
53.9 M J T hermal Energy
ii. 55 M J Chemical Energy
= 98%
24.3 M echanical Energy
iii. 53.9 M J T hermal Energy
= 45%
23.8 M J Electrical Energy
iv. 24.3 M J M echanical Energy
= 98%
21.42 M J Electrical Energy
v. 23.8 M J Electrical Energy
= 90%
21.42 M J Electrical Energy
vi. Overall energy efficiency = 55 M J Chemical Energy
= 38.9% or
98% X 45% X 98% X 90% = 38.9% energy efficiency.
55 M J
1000 grams
= 21.42 MJ
x grams
= 21,420 = 55x = 21420
55
= 389.45 grams of natural
gas are needed to power an average cell phone each year.

b.
i. 1 kg of coal = 24 MJ
 24 M J 300 M J 300
ii. 1 kg
= x kg
= 300 = 24x = 24
= 12.5 kg of coal is consumed to
produce 300 MJ of electricity

c.
21.42 M J
i. 3.6 M J
= 5.95 kWh X 10 cents = 59.5 cents per year
300 M J
ii. 3.6 M J
= 83.33 kWh X 10 cents = $8.33 per year
2. Annual Energy Usage

a.
total energy consumed per country
i. Annual per capita energy consumption = national population
22.18 quads 22.18 * 1015 BT U
ii. 1.24 billion
= 1,240,000,000
= 17,887,097 BTU/person = 18 million BTU
per person
iii. This number is much less than that of China (80 million BTU per
person) or the U.S. (308 million BTU per person).
3. Fossil Fuel Usage
a.
i. Fossil Fuel Consumed = 0.0097(year)^3 + 0.33095(year)^2
ii. 300,000 EJ = 0.0097(year)^3 + 0.33095(year)^2
iii. Using this estimate, fossil fuels would be exhausted by year 302.65, or
year 303 which would be the year 2203, if year 2000 would be 100
(from the video).