Rainmaking 2011..
from
http://www.livescience.com/10398-rainmaking-middle-eastern-desert-success-scam.htmland it'll be some time before we run out of energy resources, so don't kid yourself that Mad Max's world occurs for any reason other than complete anarchy and destruction of the industrial complex..
from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoalBelieved approximate position of the proto-continents toward the end of the Carboniferous period; the light blue represents shallow seas where many of today's coal deposits are found, as opposed to deeper waters which gave rise to oil-bearing rocks derived from marine species. The ice caps were known to be very large, lowering sea levels extensively by locking up oceanic waters into solid ice, though how large the ice caps became is a matter of debate
and some more data to chew on (and maybe spit out!)
Title: Oil reserves by country at the end of 2009.
Definition: Oil reserves in billions of barrels.
Source: Collected and Compiled by Europe's Energy Portal
History: 2008
Ranking: Country: Amount:
1 Saudi Arabia 263.8
2 Venezuela 172.3
3 Iran 139.4
4 Iraq 117.8
5 Kuwait 103.5
6 United Arab Emirates 99.5
7 Russian Federation 75.3
8 Libya 43.1
9 Kazakhstan 40.1
10 Nigeria 36.5
11 Canada 33.5
12 United States 27.9
13 Qatar 27.6
14 China 14.9
15 Angola 13.5
16 Brazil 13.0
17 Algeria 12.3
18 Mexico 11.5
19 Norway 7.2
20 Azerbaijan 7.0
21 Ecuador 6.6
22 Sudan 6.6
23 India 5.8
24 Oman 5.7
25 Egypt 4.4
26 Australia 4.2
27 Gabon 3.7
27 United Kingdom 3.0
29 Yemen 2.6
30 Argentina 2.6
31 Syria 2.5
32 Rep. of Congo (Brazzaville) 2.0
33 Equatorial Guinea 1.7
34 Colombia 1.3
35 Peru 1.1
36 Brunei 1.0
37 Chad 0.9
38 Italy 0.9
39 Denmark 0.9
40 Trinidad & Tobago 0.8
41 Turkmenistan 0.6
42 Uzbekistan 0.6
43 Tunisia 0.6
44 Romania 0.5
Title: Natural gas reserves by country by the end of 2009.
Definition: Proven reserves in trillion cubic meters.
Source: Collected and Compiled by Europe's Energy Portal
History: 2008
Ranking: Country: Amount:
1 Russian Federation 44.9
2 Iran 29.0
3 Qatar 25.2
4 Saudi Arabia 8.1
5 Turkmenistan 8.0
6 United States 7.0
7 United Arab Emirates 6.6
8 Venezuela 5.5
9 Nigeria 5.1
10 Algeria 4.5
11 Iraq 3.2
12 Indonesia 3.1
13 Australia 3.0
14 Malaysia 2.4
15 China 2.4
16 Egypt 2.2
17 Norway 2.0
18 Kazakhstan 1.8
19 Canada 1.8
20 Kuwait 1.7
21 Uzbekistan 1.7
22 Libya 1.5
23 Azerbaijan 1.3
24 Netherlands 1.1
25 India 1.1
26 Oman 1.0
27 Ukraine 1.0
27 Pakistan 0.9
29 Vietnam 0.7
30 Bolivia 0.7
31 Romania 0.6
32 Myanmar 0.6
33 Yemen 0.5
34 Mexico 0.5
35 Papua New Guinea 0.5
36 Trinidad & Tobago 0.4
37 Argentina 0.4
38 Brazil 0.4
39 Thailand 0.4
40 Brunei 0.4
41 Bangladesh 0.3
42 Peru 0.3
43 United Kingdom 0.3
44 Syria 0.3
45 Colombia 0.1
46 Poland 0.1
47 Bahrain 0.1
48 Germany 0.1
49 Italy 0.1
50 Denmark 0.1
Title: Coal Proved Reserves by end of 2009
Definition: Proved Reserves in Million tonnes
Total: Anthracite, bituminous, Sub-bituminous and lignite
Source: Collected and Compiled by Europe's Energy Portal
History: 2008
Ranking: Country: Amount:
1 US 243,069
2 Russian Federation 156,994
3 China 113,209
4 Australia 76,367
5 India 57,955
6 Ukraine 32,988
7 Kazakhstan 31,626
8 South Africa 30,713
9 Poland 7,574
10 Brazil 7,001
11 Canada 6,763
12 Colombia 6,672
13 Germany 6,560
14 Czech Republic 4,550
15 Indonesia 4,415
16 Greece 3,942
17 Hungary 3,291
18 Pakistan 2,090
19 Bulgaria 1,963
20 Turkey 1,832
21 Thailand 1,344
22 Mexico 1,227
23 North Korea 609
24 New Zealand 566
25 Spain 541
26 Zimbabwe 502
27 Venezuela 479
27 Romania 398
29 Japan 360
30 United Kingdom 152
31 Vietnam 151
32 South Korea 132