Authors:

• Heidi Steudle
  Department of Social Sciences
  Michigan Tech

Advisors:

• Dr. Hugh Gorman
  Department of Social Sciences
  Michigan Tech
• Heather Luoto
  Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science Mathematics and Environmental Education (Engadine)
• Kristine Bradof
  Center for Science & Environmental Outreach
  Michigan Tech
• Linda Rulison
  Hancock Middle School

Production:

Tech Alive

• Animation and Web Design:
  Dr. Susan E. Hill
  Michigan Tech
• Production Management:
  Dr. Martin T. Auer
  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Michigan Tech

This web page was developed under a grant awarded to the Western Upper Peninsula Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

Ms. Shawn Oppliger, Center Director and Project Coordinator
Ms. Joan Chadde, Center Education Program Coordinator and Project Coordinator
Mr. Thomas M. Occhipinti, MDEQ Environmental Education Coordinator and Grant Administrator

Media Credits

Title Page: Oil, Gas, and Coal in Our Lifetime

• Highway Traffic photo: Warren Gretz, DOE/NREL.
• Navajo Power Plant photo: U.S. Geological Survey/photo by J. C. Willett.

Where Does the Energy in Fossil Fuels Come From?

• Photosynthesis illustration: © 2005 State of Michigan.

Where Do We Obtain Fossil Fuels?

• Underground Coal Mining photo: Ernie Sistek, Kennametal, DOE/NREL.
• Oil Well illustration: © 2005 State of Michigan.

How Did Oil and Gas Get Created?

• Petroleum & Natural Gas Formation illustration: Energy Information Administration, U. S. Department of Energy.

Michigan Oil and Gas

• Michigan Oil and Gas animation: © 2005 State of Michigan. Data from the USGS for 1995.

The Origins of Coal

• Coal Formation illustration: Energy Information Administration, U. S. Department of Energy.
• Peat in Scotland photo: Public domain image, courtesy of Wikipedia.

How Much Coal do We Produce and Consume in Michigan?

• Michigan Coal map: Grand Ledge Area Historical Society. Used with permission.
• Michigan vs US Energy Usage pie charts: © 2005 State of Michigan. Data from the Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy for 2000.

Meeting Our Thirst for Oil

• Michigan Oil and Gas illustration: © 2005 State of Michigan. Data from the USGS for 1995.
• Oil Refinery photo: David Parsons, DOE/NREL.

Where in the World . . . Does Our Oil Come From?

• World Oil Production and Consumption animation: © 2005 State of Michigan. Data from BP Global Statistical Review of World Energy 2005.

Years of Inexpensive Oil Remaining in the World?

• World Remaining Oil by Supplier animation: © 2005 State of Michigan. Data from BP Global Statistical Review of World Energy 2005.

What Will Replace Oil?

• Wind Power photo: Jim Green, DOE/NREL.
• Solar Power photo: Jim Yost, DOE/NREL.
• Nuclear Power photo: Public domain image, courtesy of Wikipedia.
• Coal Power photo: David Parsons, DOE/NREL.

The United States Has Lots of Coal

• World Remaining Coal by Supplier animation: © 2005 State of Michigan. Data from BP Global Statistical Review of World Energy 2005.

What Did You Learn?

• Fossil Fuel Quiz animation: © 2005 State of Michigan.

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