1.2. Energía y Medio Ambiente
1.2. Energía y Medio Ambiente
1.2. Energía y Medio Ambiente
Figure 1.2
Corvette engine.
• We also use renewable energy from solar, biomass, wind (see Figure 1.3), and
hydroelectric, in amounts that are equivalent to an additional 0.37 𝑚𝑖 3 of oil each
year.
• This amounts to a total worldwide energy use equivalent to 3.00 𝑚𝑖 3 of oil each
year.
Figure 1.3
Sustainable wind energy technology.
• If the world energy demand continues at its present rate to create the
technologies of the future (e.g., the Starships of Figure 1.4), we will need an
energy supply equivalent to consuming an astounding 270 𝑚𝑖 3 of oil by 2050 (90
times more that we currently use).
• Where is all that energy going to come from? How are we going to use energy
more efficiently so that we do not need to use so much? We address these and
other questions in the study of thermodynamics.
Figure 1.4
The Starship Enterprise in Star Trek. (Photo credit: Industrial Light & Magic, Copyright © 2008 by
PARAMOUNT PICTURES. All Rights Reserved.)
• The word energy is the modern form of the ancient Greek term energeia, which
literally means “in work” (en = in and ergon = work).
• One cubic mile of oil is equal to 1.1 trillion gallons and contains 160 quadrillion
(160 × 1015 ) kilojoules of energy.
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