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A Cubic Mile of Oil : Realities and Options for Averting the Looming Global Energy Crisis
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By Hewitt D. Crane, Edwin M. Kinderman and Ripudaman Malhotra
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One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world’s current total annual consumption of crude oil. The world’s total annual energy consumption — from all energy sources — is currently about three CMO. By the middle of this century, the world will need between six and nine CMO of energy per year to provide for its citizens. A Cubic Mile of Oil describes the various energy sources and how we use them, projects their future contributions, and delineates what it would take to develop them to annually produce a CMO from each of them. The authors also examine how improved efficiency and conservation measures can reduce future demand substantially, and help distinguish approaches that make a significant impact as opposed to merely making us feel good.
"An original, illuminating and entertaining way to experience the energy debate. Cubic Mile is more than an introduction to a new unit of measurement. It is an encyclopedic embrace of energy issues, with dispassionate but compelling analysis of the energy conundrum."
— Neil Reynolds, The Globe and Mail
