Event Title
Population, Oil Consumption, and Carrying Capacity
Location
CSU 255A/B
Start Date
23-4-2007 10:00 AM
End Date
23-4-2007 12:00 PM
Student's Major
Physics and Astronomy
Student's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Mentor's Name
Louis Schwartzkopf
Mentor's Department
Physics and Astronomy
Mentor's College
Science, Engineering and Technology
Description
In this work, I studied the relation between the population and oil consumption from the years 1980 to 2004. While one would expect oil consumption to increase with population growth, I examined a stronger hypothesis. I hypothesized that oil consumption is proportional to population. To understand the true nature of this proportionality, a number of representative countries were chosen and examined from around the world. As a general trend, the total world population has been on the rise with a corresponding rise in oil consumption. Of particular interest is the country of North Korea for which, following the decline of the Soviet Union, there was a rapid decrease in oil consumption. If oil consumption is proportional to population, and the oil consumption falls, so will the population. In fact, there was a famine in North Korea during the mid 1990's in which 2.5 million people died. My work has determined that oil consumption and population are proportional for most of the representative countries.
Population, Oil Consumption, and Carrying Capacity
CSU 255A/B
In this work, I studied the relation between the population and oil consumption from the years 1980 to 2004. While one would expect oil consumption to increase with population growth, I examined a stronger hypothesis. I hypothesized that oil consumption is proportional to population. To understand the true nature of this proportionality, a number of representative countries were chosen and examined from around the world. As a general trend, the total world population has been on the rise with a corresponding rise in oil consumption. Of particular interest is the country of North Korea for which, following the decline of the Soviet Union, there was a rapid decrease in oil consumption. If oil consumption is proportional to population, and the oil consumption falls, so will the population. In fact, there was a famine in North Korea during the mid 1990's in which 2.5 million people died. My work has determined that oil consumption and population are proportional for most of the representative countries.
Recommended Citation
Freiderich, Robert E.. "Population, Oil Consumption, and Carrying Capacity." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 23, 2007.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2007/oral-session-05/7
