Long Term Oil Supply -Nobody Knows
Source: International Energy Agency, Matthew Simmons (up to 2030)
Wild Guess from 2030 to 2100
20
40
60
80
100
120
2100
2030
2000
2010
2020
YEAR
2040
2050
2060
2070
2080
2090
Presumed World Oil Demand
140
0
MILLION  BARRELS PER DAY
“THE GAP” (~90 MMbbl/d)
To be filled by new supply,
conservation,renewable sources,
fossil, nuclear
Presumed Conventional Oil Supply
Assuming a gap of 90 million barrels of oil per day (roughly the same as the TOTAL world demand today) to produce the same amount of energy we would need more than 6,000 nuclear units, each producing 1000 Mwe.