News
Release 6 - World
Net Generation of Electrical Power
February 17, 2003
According to the International
Energy Annual 2000: Electricity, the world generated 14,617 billion kilowatt
hours of electricity from coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric and
other sources. The table shows the energy sources compared
with antimatter energy.
|
2000 World Net Generation by Energy Source
(Billion Kilowatt-hours) |
| Energy Source |
Coal,
Oil & Natural Gas |
Hydro,
Nuclear, Geo, & Other |
Net
Generation |
Antimatter
(Kilograms) |
| North
America |
2,997.1
|
1,587.0 |
4,584.1 |
104.9 |
| Central
& South America |
204.1 |
573.3 |
777.4 |
17.8 |
| Western
Europe |
1,365.4 |
1,481.7 |
2,847.1 |
65.1 |
|
Eastern Europe
& Former USSR |
1,043.7 |
523.1 |
1,566.8 |
35.8 |
| Middle
East |
425.3 |
13.8 |
439.1 |
10.0 |
| Africa |
333.7 |
83.2 |
416.9 |
9.5 |
| Asia
& Oceania |
2,949.2 |
1,036.5 |
3,985.7 |
91.2 |
|
Total |
9,318.5 |
5,298.6 |
14,617.1 |
334.4 |
As an alternative to burning coal, oil, and
natural gas to generate 9,318 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, 213
kilograms of antimatter will be used. The United States
uses 3,800 billion kilowatt
hours or 26 percent of the world's electricity. With next ten to twenty years,
antimatter energy will become economical; and the chemicals will be used to make
products to bring every country into the 21st century.
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