The document discusses the ongoing energy crisis, highlighting the gap between rising energy demand and insufficient supply, particularly in India where massive blackouts have occurred due to power deficits. It emphasizes the need for alternative energy sources like wind, solar, and biodiesel while warning of the depletion of traditional fossil fuels and the resulting economic impacts. The document calls for immediate action and innovative solutions to transition to sustainable energy practices to avert future crises.

2. Energy Crisis
By – Jahnavi , VIII oly.

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What Is Energy Crisis……?
Energy Crisis Management
Energy Crisis In India
Causes Of Energy Crisis
Effects Of Energy Crisis on our economy
Solutions…

4. •An energy crisis is any
great bottleneck (or price rise) in the
supply of energy resources to
an economy. In popular literature
though, it often refers to one of the
energy sources used at a certain time
and place, particularly those that
supply national electricity grids or
serve as fuel for vehicles

5. •There has been an enormous
increase in the global demand for
energy in recent years as a result
of industrial development and
population growth. Supply of
energy is, therefore, far less than
the actual demand.

6. •The energy crisis we often talk about is not
about the shortage of energy. In fact there
is more than enough energy around. The
―energy crisis‖ is because we are unable to
extract sufficient fuel from the earth to
satisfy our needs; or because we are not
producing enough electricity using the
various fuels. This results in an energy
crisis in spite of abundant energy around
us.

7. Scientists all over the world are plagued with the
problem of energy crisis. At individual level, very
little is being done to overcome it. Natural
resources are fast depleting. They are being
sold at sky rocketing rates. Many are finding it
difficult to manage their budget. But there's no
choice. Time is fast running out and we are yet
to come up with an answer. It has become
imperative now to look for alternative sources of
energy.

8. •Environmentalists have been plaguing
our lives with the truth of diminishing
resources. But we turned a deaf ear to all
their pleas. It's time to wake up and smell
the coffee. No longer can we be lax
about this issue. So let's take a look at
some of the resources that are available
and can be optimized to suit our needs.

9. •Two natural resources are here to our rescue;
wind and sun. They are available in plenty and at
no cost! Installing solar panels in houses can
replace central air conditioning. Using solar
cookers to prepare food can save on gas and
electricity.

10. •If wind turbines are installed in plenty,
power and electricity can be generated
to run some electrical appliances.
Putting all this in place is a little
expensive. But we have to think of the
long-term benefits that doing so offers.

11. •Water is another resource that can be utilized to
our
advantage. Studies are being conducted on how to
use water as fuel to run vehicles. Some
experiments have been successful in burning
water to produce energy to drive a car.

12. •However, these engine models
need to be worked upon more to
give them the perfect design.
Biodiesel is yet another fuel that is
easier to produce and cheaper to
run. But the engines need to be fine
tuned to accept them.

13. •For a century we have known that
energy crisis management is
important . Plenty of options are
available to us as alternate energy
resources. We need to keep our
eyes open and learn to use them
efficiently and judiciously.

15. •India’s energy crisis cascaded
over half the country on Tuesday
when three of its regional grids
collapsed, leaving 620 million
people without governmentsupplied electricity for several
hours in, by far, the world’s biggest
blackout. …

16. oThe new power failure affected 620
million people across 20 of India’s 28
states – about double the population
of the United States.

17. oThe blackout was unusual in its
reach, stretching from the border
with Myanmar in the northeast to
the Pakistani border about 3000
kilometers away.

18. Its impact, however, was softened by
Indians’ familiarity with frequent
blackouts and the widespread use of
backup generators for major businesses
and key facilities such as hospitals and
airports. …

19. India’s demand for electricity has
soared along with its economy in
recent years, but utilities have been
unable to meet the growing needs.
India’s Central Electricity Authority
reported power deficits of more than 8
per cent in recent months.

20. In addition, vast amounts of power
are pirated through unauthorized
wiring that taps into the electrical
system.

21. The power deficit was worsened by a
weak monsoon that lowered hydroelectric
generation and kept temperatures higher,
further increasing electricity usage as
people seek to cool off.

23. •The lifeblood of our society is
economical and abundant energy.
Coal, oil and natural gas are
supplying almost 90% of the world’s
energy needs.

24. •Hydro energy, nuclear energy and coal are
primarily used to produce electrical energy .
Biomass is used for cooking and heating . Natural
gas is used mostly for heating. Our salvation lies
primarily in wind and solar power. Although these
sources may seem small, they represent the future
because they are sustainable.

25. •Oil is uniquely versatile and as a result powers
almost all our machines. At nearly the speed
of sound, airplanes powered by oil carry a
plethora of people across the oceans every
day.

26. •Oil-powered vehicles transport and produce our
food. In USA alone, there are less people in
seats than there are seats in oil-powered
vehicles. Oil-powered machines are our only
way of life that we have known for many years.
Clearly, we are living in the age of oil, but that
age is rapidly drawing to a close.

27. •There is only sufficient oil to last 44
years if oil production stays constant
until it is used up. As oil reserves
become depleted, there will be less
which will make keeping production
constant impossible.

28. •Likewise, there is only enough coal to last
133 years and only enough natural gas to last
61 more years.

29. •Certainly by now, everyone realizes that gas
and oil will become expensive and scarce
within the lifetimes of our children or their
children.

30. •There will inevitably be a transition to
more renewable energy sources. That
transition may be haphazard or planned — it
is on us to decide. 66.3 percent of the
world’s gas reserves are in the Middle East
and the Russian Federation.

31. •The United States have 3.4 percent. On the
other hand, The United States consume 25
percent of the world’s oil and 70 percent of that
is imported.

32. •The coming times of scarce energy reserves will be
very hard for everyone here but it will be even
harder if it is not anticipated.

33. •It is huge importance that the public and all the
people who make decisions understand all the
facts about the energy crisis we are about to
face.

35. •The macroeconomic implications of a supply
shock-induced energy crisis are large,
because energy is the resource used to exploit
all other resources.

36. •When energy markets fail, an energy shortage
develops. Electricity consumers may experience
intentionally-engineered rolling blackouts which are
released during periods of insufficient supply or
unexpected power outages, regardless of the
cause.

37. •Industrialized nations are dependent on oil,
and efforts to restrict the supply of oil would
have an adverse effect on the economies of
oil producers. For the consumer, the price
of natural gas , gasoline (petrol)
and diesel for cars and other vehicles rises.

38. •An early response from stakeholders is the call for
reports, investigations and commissions into the
price of fuels. There are also movements towards
the development of more sustainable urban
infrastructure.

39. ENERGY

40. •The world needs both more electricity and
less pollution. The goals are not incompatible,
but the solution will require better management
of demand, smarter use of coal as well as
renewable energy sources, and increased use
of nuclear power.

41. 1. Make gasoline-only cars illegal
"Every gas-powered car has an average street
life of seventeen years, which means that the
minute you leave the lot, you're signing up for
two decades of foreign-oil dependence.

42. •The easiest way to change this is to mandate that
every vehicle sold in the U.S. is flex-fuel compatible so
that it can run on just about any blend of hydrocarbonbased fuels -- gasoline, ethanol, methanol, etc.

43. •The technology already exists, and the process is
cheap, about a hundred dollars per vehicle. Detroit will
cry about 'government interference,' but in fact the
mandate would open a vast new free market in
alternative-fuel development."

44. 3. Think of the world in terms of sugarcane
"America hasn't been very good about making friends
in the Middle East lately, but there are still a few
countries in Latin America, Africa, and southeast Asia
that like us.

45. •And many of them, such as Panama, Kenya, and
Thailand, grow sugarcane, from which you can
make ethanol at half the cost of making it from corn.
We should direct foreign aide throughout the
agricultural sector in these countries to increase
their efficiency and create jobs. That will make them
happy, and it'll improve our national security. They'll
be our friends forever. Unlike the OPEC nations."

46. 4. Revolutionize waste
"Sixty-five percent of our garbage is biomass: food,
paper, scrap wood. All of it could be converted to
methanol. The process has been around for two
hundred years.

47. •And it's twice as efficient as cellulosic ethanol,
supposedly the next big thing in alternative fuels. Then
there's coal -- America has a quarter of the world's
reserve, but we use it mainly to feed power plants,
which is a dirty and inefficient use.

48. •Instead, coal can be converted to clean-burning
methanol for the equivalent of one dollar per
gallon. Last, look to recyclables, like black liquor, a
toxic by-product of the paper industry.

49. •Right now, paper mills inefficiently recycle it
themselves. But black liquor can be converted to
methanol. Do so and we'd generate nine billion
gallons of methanol a year -- almost twice the ethanol
we now make from corn."

50. •These are only three of many common-sense
opportunities throughout the economy, but we're
not taking advantage of them, because there isn't a
sustainable market for alternative fuels. Yet. Which
brings us back to step one: flex-fuel technology.

51. •Get that and the other three will take care of
themselves. There will be stiff opposition from the oil,
corn, and auto lobbies. There always is. But let's
hope that Washington can step up for a change.
Because once you take politics out of the energy
policy, you get very different -- and much better -results."

52. We would
have
squeezed out
all coal , oil
and gas

53. We Will
Run
Out Of
Oil