Considerations concerning the Energy Demand and Energy Mix for Global Welfare and Stable Ecosystems

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Jess, Andreas ; Kaiser, Philipp ; Kern, Christoph ; Unde, Rajabhau Bajirao ; von Olshausen, Christian:
Considerations concerning the Energy Demand and Energy Mix for Global Welfare and Stable Ecosystems.
In: Chemie Ingenieur Technik. Vol. 83 (2011) Issue 11 . - pp. 1777-1791.
ISSN 1522-2640
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201100066

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Social indicators show that an annual energy consumption of 2 t of oil equivalent per capita (toe pc) should be enough to ensure a sufficient global average level of welfare and happiness. Hence, rich countries with currently up to 8 toe pc should reduce and poor should legitimately increase their energy demand until 2 toe pc are reached. At today's global energy mix with 80 % fossil fuels, even this optimistic scenario will inevitably lead to a conflict between welfare and stable ecosystems. The population will be 9 billion by 2050 and the ecological footprint would rise from today 1.5 in 2010 to 2 planet Earths. The only option to reach the desired footprint of one planet Earth is a complete shift from fossil fuels to renewables, presumably to solar power. One option is a technology based on four steps: separation of CO2 from flue gases (in the long run from air), H2 production by water electrolysis driven by solar power or other renewables, CO production by reverse water gas shift, and finally synthesis of renewable liquid fuels (gasoline and diesel oil) by Fischer-Tropsch synthesis.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Keywords:	Ecological footprint; Energy mix; Fischer-Tropsch synthesis; Welfare
Institutions of the University:	Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Chemical Engineering Faculties > Faculty of Engineering Science > Chair Chemical Engineering > Chair Chemical Engineering - Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Jess Research Institutions > Research Units > ZET - Zentrum für Energietechnik Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Units
Result of work at the UBT:	Yes
DDC Subjects:	500 Science > 540 Chemistry 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 600 Technology 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering 600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 660 Chemical engineering
Date Deposited:	22 Jan 2015 07:44
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2019 10:46
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/5809