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41
RESERVES
82
125
RESOURCES
100
15
World demand
210
RESOURCES
200
(92 theoretical)
Biomass
20
Wind
251
RESERVES
1.6
RESOURCES
300
(4.7 theoretical)
Hydroelectric
30010,000
(190 theoretical)
3.8
360
RESOURCES
(42 theoretical)
Geothermal
>50
(101,000 theoretical)
Solar
SPECIALSECTION
3,000 66,940.1
300.02,999.9
160.0299.9
79.6 159.9
7.079.5
1.06.9
Less than 1.0
SOURCE: WORLD ENERGY ASSESSMENT 2000/UNDP; WEA 2004/UNDP; REPORT OF THE INTL. GEOTHERMAL ASSOCIATION TO THE U.N. COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2001; SCLATER ET AL., JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH 86 (1981); NASA
RESERVES
64
RESERVES
Nuclear (Uranium)
Oil
Natural gas
Coal
NEWS
GLOBAL
7,500
Solar
270,000
Biomass
Published by AAAS
6.7
4,200
Nuclear
290
Natural gas
PERSONAL
530
330
500
360
1.9
3.2
thermal
0
photovoltaic
0.6
1.6
5.3
11
2.6
17
17
56
45
34
23
02
No single solution.
SOURCE (TOP): DOE; AWEA; DOE/EPA; ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES, NAS (2010); (BOTTOM): DOE; AWEA
8.4
21
26
53,000
Wind
3,800
Coal
1,300
Hydroelectric
SOURCE: D. SPITZLEY ET AL., UNIV. OF MICHIGAN CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS (2004); ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES, NAS (2010); DOE
46,000
San Jose,
California
(hectares)
Land needed to
power San Jose
REGIONAL
787