RUSSIAN ENERGY RESOURCES
By Daryl R. Evans
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 Russian Energy Sources
Russia like the United States is extremely dependent on fossil fuels. It
has vast stores of oil to power its ever increasing needs. Russia has vast amount of fossil fuels located throughout the country. The only problem Russia will encounter in the area of energy production, is how to reach some of these stores. Russia will either need to produce or purchase the technology to reach some of these stores.
Conclusions on Russia (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Energy Sources)
With its heavy use of fossil fuels and its use of nuclear energy, Russia is
still in the agricultural age in the area of energy resources.
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