Start Date
4-1978 8:00 AM
Description
Developed dependence of the United States on oil and natural gas as primary energy sources is especially acute in Florida, where ninety (90%) of the state's energy needs comes from these two sources. Since Florida only produces enough oil and natural gas to meet the equivalent of fifteen (15%) of its energy needs, it is dependent on other domestic and foreign sources to meet its present and growing energy requirements. Of the petroleum products consumed as fuel in Florida, approximately sixty (60%) originates outside the United States.
Furthermore,the health of Florida's economy is extremely sensitive to energy issues. Florida's largest economic sectors, farming, construction, and those that are tourism-related, are all energy dependent, as demonstrated during the oil embargo of 1973-74. Another factor that puts a strain on energy supplies is the continued growth of population, an 0.8 percent increase from mid-1975 to mid-1976 (Ref. 1) to 8,551,814.
Energy Management Through Planning -The Florida Experience
Developed dependence of the United States on oil and natural gas as primary energy sources is especially acute in Florida, where ninety (90%) of the state's energy needs comes from these two sources. Since Florida only produces enough oil and natural gas to meet the equivalent of fifteen (15%) of its energy needs, it is dependent on other domestic and foreign sources to meet its present and growing energy requirements. Of the petroleum products consumed as fuel in Florida, approximately sixty (60%) originates outside the United States.
Furthermore,the health of Florida's economy is extremely sensitive to energy issues. Florida's largest economic sectors, farming, construction, and those that are tourism-related, are all energy dependent, as demonstrated during the oil embargo of 1973-74. Another factor that puts a strain on energy supplies is the continued growth of population, an 0.8 percent increase from mid-1975 to mid-1976 (Ref. 1) to 8,551,814.
Comments
Energy
Session Chairman: David L. Block, Director, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Session Organizer: James Perris, Sciences, Technology and Applications Office NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida