MEXICAN ENERGY RESOURCES
By EL-HAJJ MALIK SALEEM
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Energy Resources
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Agricultural Age Energy Sources:
Renewable energy sources: solar, wind, water, humans/slavery, animals, etc.
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Industrial Age Energy Sources:
Non-renewable, fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal) and nuclear fission (uranium and plutonium fuels). These fuels pollute more, and once extracted from the earth, they are gone.
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Information Age Energy Sources:
Eventual return (once fossil fuels are exhausted) to renewable energy sources (solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, ocean thermal, and biomass)--as in agricultural age, but using more sophisticated technologies to tap these energy sources; also nuclear fusion (from fusing of hydrogen atoms in water) once the technology is perfected in future; lag in transition to these alternative energy sources--perhaps into next age.
Information/Data on Mexican Energy Sources
The oil and gas industry which generates nearly 30% of the countries earnigs, is the biggest industry in the Mexican economy. Power energy is also a viable industry in Mexico, but in order to be able to provide an ample supply it will need to nearly double its capacity in the next 12 years.
Conclusions on Mexico (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Energy Sources)
Mexico in my opinion would be considered an industrial country. In aside to the countries rich resources because of NAFTA, automobiles have become a booming success.
Additional Online Sources on Mexican Energy
- Source 1 : Because of an error by myself, all online sources will be placed in your mail box, sorry.
Traditional Bibliographic Sources on Mexican Energy
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