DocumentCode :
2529816
Title :
The end of petroleum
Author :
Wyczalek, Floyd A. ; Suh, Chung M.
Author_Institution :
FW Lilly Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
fYear :
2004
fDate :
29-31 July 2004
Firstpage :
775
Lastpage :
781
Abstract :
The mission is to identify a National Energy Strategy for the United States of America, leading to energy independence. A key focus is to phase-out and ultimately terminate our reliance on petroleum supplied from OPEC middle Eastern sources, to reduce the political and military price American citizens now pay for continuing our dependence on oil from the Persian Gulf. An anamnesis time-series study of Western fuel energy sources shows a transition about every 50 years to the next generation fuel source. Nuclear fusion will complete this 50 year technology maturation cycle by the first quarter of the 21st Century. With a shift to nuclear fusion will come unlimited electrical energy, which offers the possibility of unlimited hydrogen and oxygen from electrolysis of water. A shift to a hydrogen energy economy leads directly to dramatic solutions to our political, military, and environmental concerns and will radically reduce the dangers of 21st Century conflict.
Keywords :
cost reduction; electrolysis; hydrogen economy; nuclear fusion; oxygen; petroleum; National Energy Strategy; OPEC; Persian Gulf; United States of America; Western fuel energy sources; anamnesis time-series study; electrical energy; electrolysis; energy independence; environmental concerns; hydrogen; hydrogen energy economy; maturation cycle; military price reduction; nuclear fusion; oil; oxygen; petroleum; political price reduction; Defense industry; Electrochemical processes; Electronic mail; Fuels; Fusion reactors; Gas industry; Hybrid electric vehicles; Hydrogen; Internet; Petroleum;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2002. IECEC '02. 2002 37th Intersociety
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7296-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.2002.1392148
Filename :
1392148
Link To Document :
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