What is the source of fuel after all petroleum products are exhausted?

Question

Scientists say that all major petroleum wells at Dubai will be Exhausted by 2016. Only eight years left

Answer 1

bio fuels... from wastes...

Answer 2

hydro,wind,solar,nuclear,natural gases

Answer 3

COAL. There are millions of cubic kilometres of coal in the world. The conversion of coal to transport fuels is not new, in fact dates back to WW11.

South Africa still uses coal to convert to transport fuel developed when there was an oil embargo during the late 70s. For those who follow Rugby they will have noted the main sponsor is "Sasol" the company that operates the processing plants.

Sasol is reported to have sold two plants to China recently.

The break even economics of the conversion is around $US60.00 per barrel of oil and as you all well know the price of a barrel of oil is more than double that now.

Answer 4

hi...

Alternative fuels, also known as non-conventional fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as a fuel, other than conventional fuels. Conventional fuels include: fossil fuels (petroleum (oil), coal, propane, and natural gas), and nuclear materials such as uranium.

Some well known alternative fuels include biodiesel, bioalcohol (ethanol, butanol), chemically stored electricity (batteries and fuel cells), hydrogen, non-fossil methane, non-fossil natural gas, vegetable oil and other biomass sources.

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Factors increasing demand for alternative fuels:

In 2007, there were 1.8 million alternative fuel vehicles sold in the United States, indicating an increasing popularity of alternative fuels. There is growing perceived economic and political need for the development of alternative fuel sources. This is due to general environmental, economic, and geopolitical concerns of sustainability.

The major environmental concern, according to an IPCC report, is that "Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. Since burning fossil fuels are known to increase greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, they are a likely contributor to global warming.

Other concerns which have fueled demand revolve around the concept of Peak oil, which predicts rising fuel costs as production rates of petroleum enters a terminal decline. According to the Hubbert peak theory, when the production levels peak, demand for oil will exceed supply and without proper mitigation this gap will continue to grow as production drops, which could cause a major energy crisis.

Lastly, the majority of the known petroleum reserves are located in the middle east. There is general concern that worldwide fuel shortages could intensify the unrest that exists in the region, leading to further conflict and war. (See future energy development for a general discussion)

In an attempt to increase demand for alternative fuels in the US, the IRS began allowing taxpayers to claim a special tax credit for using alternative fuels, known as the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit. The definition used for alternative fuel under this credit is: Any fuel containing at least 85 percent of one or more of ethanol, natural gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or hydrogen; or any mixture which consists of two or more of biodiesel, diesel fuel, or kerosene, and at least 20% of which consists of biodiesel.

The production of alternative fuels can have widespread effects. For example, the production of corn-based ethanol has created an increased demand for the feed stock, causing rising prices in almost everything made from corn.However, in a competitive free market, an increased supply of ethanol reduces the demand for conventional fuels, and thus lowers fuel prices. The ethanol industry enables agricultural surpluses to be used to mitigate fuel shortages.

Answer 5

Hydro, Theremal, Wind and Solar.

Answer 6

bio fuel, wind, solar, tidal, hydro electric, thermal and loads more

Answer 7

From the top of my head? Ethanol, electricity, ummm....