Oil Useage Worldwide for Power Generation

[chicopee]

My recent travel to sub tropical climate of Asia made me aware of the tremedous use of air conditioners to control humidity and to provide confortable work environments.
Such useage is also common to Southern States (USA) and I am quiet certain that AC's are also extensively used in other parts of the world of similar equatorial temperatures(such as UAE) and humidity.

It is my contention that theses parts of the world use more oil for power generation for AC's than let's say countries of Northern and Southern latitudes of more moderate temperatures for heating and cooling.

I dont have anyway of verifying my contention, so any comment is greatly appreciated.

 

[BigInch]

That is generally true for regions or countries below about 35ºN, if they can afford to use the power for AC.



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[gr2vessels]

It is also true that some use what ever is available, not necessarily oil. Australia is using mostly coal, which is abundant over there. Many Asian countries are using predominantly gas fired power stations, others (who can afford) are using nuclear power stations. I have seen many wind powered generators in Holland and similar countries.
There is a distinctive move away from fossil fuel towards "greener" fuel in the developed countries, but China is building one major coal fuelled power station every week and there is no slow down in sight. Many of those developing countries will use fossil fuel because it is available and they don't want to depend on developed countries for oil fuel or other imported source of energy. Dubai, Singapore and the like are using lots of power for air conditioning installations, but very little energy for heating, unlike Scandinavia...
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gr2vessels

 

[rmw]

I think the use of oil is most common in countries that don't have either (A) abundant natural gas and/or (B) infrastructure to get what gas they have to locations where the power generation is needed/located.

rmw

 

[JLSeagull]

Business within 35 degrees of the equator may use lots of air conditioning. Business more than 30 degrees away from the equator may use lots of heating.

Perhaps when we run out of oil these will all use nuclear, wind, solar or other energy sources. Perhaps global warming will destroy the earth before we develop cost effective wind and solar power.

Life; get on with it or get over it.

 

[BigInch]

JL,

"Perhaps global warming will destroy the earth before we develop cost effective wind and solar power."

Sometimes I worry about you.

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