A presentation that discusses the energy crisis in India and various countries. It also emphasizes on the solutions to energy crisis.

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PETROL!!!!

3. An energy crisis is any great
bottleneck or price rise in the
supply of energy resources to an
economy..

4. For example, it is a crisis when people cannot find gasoline for their car because no
gas stations have any to sell; or when gasoline is so expensive that people cannot
afford to buy it.

5. The term ‘energy crisis’ is used quite loosely so it pays to be clear about what’s under
discussion. Broadly speaking the term poses three distinct questions:
1. Will we run out of energy?
2. How secure is our access to energy?
3. How does climate change affect the energy we use?
We rely on coal, oil and gas (the fossil
fuels) for over 80% of our current
energy needs – a situation which
shows little sign of changing over the
medium-term without drastic policy
changes.
Today, oil and gas reserves are
in the hands of a small group of
nations, several of which are
considered politically unstable or
have testy relationships with
large consuming countries.
Emissions of carbon dioxide into the
Earth’s atmosphere – primarily as a result
of burning fossil fuels for energy – are
thought to be the cause of rising global
temperatures.

6. The causes of energy shortages include:
1.Over-reliance on non renewable energy sources.
2.Poor energy infrastructure.
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7.  Some countries siphoning energy off from others.
 Poor energy efficiency.
 Overuse of energy.

10.  There are several solutions of energy crisis-
Solution 1 :
Reduce growing energy demand through improved
energy efficiency and conservation.
The first step to reducing global emissions is to
arrest the growth in energy demand with an aim to
eventually setting it on a downward trend. The key
for continued economic progress is to learn how to
create more wealth with less energy. This has
additional benefits in improving energy security,
preserving precious natural resources and saving
money for businesses and the ordinary consumer.

11.  Solution 2 :
Research, develop and deploy a broad
range of energy sources, both domestic and
international, to work with properly functioning
global markets to help meet future energy
demands.
We need to look at both the short-term and
long-term. In the short-term we can push
existing technologies to help reduce carbon
emissions. Fortunately we already have
many technologies at our disposal: from
wind, wave, solar and biomass for heat
and power, to liquid biofuels, biogas and
electric motors for transport. In the long-
term, evolutionary technologies need to be
further developed and research into
revolutionary ones pursued.

12. WIND SOLAR HYDRAULIC
CONVENTIONAL SOURCES
OF ENERGY

14. Solution 3 :
The so-called ‘developed
countries’ along with large
developing countries such as
China, India, Russia and Brazil,
should agree and adopt a
common position on climate
change, focused on reducing
greenhouse gas emissions through
an effective cross-border market
and technology transfer
mechanism.

20.  Development in each sector of the economy leads to the demand for energy faster
than the supply of energy. This demand supply gap indicates the growing energy
crisis.
In the context of India’s economic development, energy crisis has taken the
following forms:
Oil Shortage:
Reserves of mineral oil in India
is only 0.3% of world’s known oil
reserves. Oil shortage adversely
effect the transport sector in the
economy. Again rising oil prices
has led to rising general prices
in India.

22. Coal shortage:
Coal reserves are
quantitatively and
qualitatively poor. Coal
shortages adversely affects
generation of electricity,
therefore, restricts the
economic development.
Power shortage:
A severe shortage exists in
generation and distribution
of electric power in India.
Power shortage affects
industrial as well as
agricultural production
seriously.
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23. Following measures are taken to
increase the supply of energy on one
hand and control demand on the other.
 (1) Making efforts to discover and develop
the sources of oil in the country.
 (2) Measures taken to improve the fuel
efficiency in the transport and in other
industrial sectors for the conservation of
the energy.
 (3) Steps have been taken to check the
consumption of Petroleum, Oil and
Lubricant (POL) within manageable limit.

24.  (4) Fuel policy committee
recommended a phased programme of
substitution of oil by coal in a number
of industries.
 (5) Efforts have been given on the
development and utilization of new
and renewable sources of energy. A
variety of new technologies such as
improved chullahs, bio-gas plants,
solar voltaic system, wind mills, and
small hydro- plants have been
developed.
 (6) Government is encouraging private
sector investment in power generating
schemes.

25.  Presented by-
Jayti Saparia
Kriti Katyayan
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