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The Energy, Indispensable Need of the Modern Life, Problem

Today in the 21st century, the amount of energy consumed per annum is equivalent to 8,8 billion tons of petroleum. The resources consumed to provide such energy are petroleum (40%), coal (25%), natural gas (24,7), nuclear (7,6%) and hydroelectricity (2,6%). In short, every year, the world spends 3.422 billion dollars (three trillion four hundred and twenty two dollars) for energy procurement..

Except for the hydro-electrical energy, the world consumes an expensive and polluting energy derived out of fast-depleting resources mostly in non-natural ways with deep impacts in the ecological balance. Unless alternatives are developed soon, it is obvious that the following years will usher energy wars like the one experienced in Iraq, the underlying reasons of which are posed as other non-related conflicts, and the mankind will distort the balances of nature and unwittingly destroy its own living spaces.

Turkey’s energy problem

In 2004, the amount of electrical energy consumed was 150 billion kWh along with an annual increase of 6,4%. In 2005, it is 160 kWh and consumption per capita was 2214 kWh. In 2006, volume of consumption is expected to be 175 billion kWh. In Turkey, the general energy demand is foreseen to reach an equivalent petroleum value of 125.6 million barrels in 2010 and 222.3 million barrels in 2020. The forecasts suggest that electrical energy demand will reach 242 billion kWh in 2010 and 499 billion kWh in 2020 according to the bad scenario, and 216 kWh and 406 kWh in 2010 and 2020 respectively according to the good scenario..

• Electricity
  
  Annual electricity consumption: 175.000.000.000 kWh (one hundred and seventy five billion)
  Current installed power yielded by power plants : 38.762 Megawatts.
  Additional power that should be supplemented in the following years : 51.000 Megawatts, requiring and average investment of 5,1 billion dollars per year.
  Required energy investment : 100 billion dollars.
   
• Natural gas
  
  Annual natural gas procurement: 31,5 billion m3.
  Natural gas consumption: out of such 31,5 billion m3 of gas, around 50% is consumed by power plants, 10% in industry and 40% in dwellings.
  Cost of the natural gas: Average cost of 1000 m3 of gas is around USD 240-260, making up a total of USD 7.500.000.000 (seven billion and five hundred dollars) annually.
   

The severe warnings of scientists “The ecological balance is being impaired, global warming now constitutes a great risk, we are own speeding up the appearance of the end of the world” are as usual getting settled in minds at the last minute. Particularly during the last months, the press has started to give extended inclusion every day to disasters arising out of global warming, unusual seasonal happenings due to the impaired balance of the world, climatic changes, earthquakes, floods, storms and unusual warm and cold air flows.

The most effective solution against global warming is to immediately put into action cleaner and cheaper energy sources that would meet the energy demands of mankind instead of the polluting energy form, the biggest contributor to natural poisoning that does toss the ecological and economical balances of the world and introduce economical superiority or debility upon countries; and further to develop projects and actions that would ensure optimal consumption and saving of available energy resources.

Best regards
Baytek