一輛車的一生:
100,000miles/(20mile/gallon) = 5,000 gallon gas ~ 21,000 gallon crude oil ~500 barrels of crude oil. (已經相當保守)
>600,000,000 passenger cars travel the streets and roads of the world today.
>50,000,000 new cars produced every year.
Oil needed for next 20 years only:
6E8 x 500/2 = 1.5E11 barrels for current cars (現車算一半油需)
5E7 x 20年x (1.05^20) x500 ~ 1.35 E12 barrels for new cars (5% growth annually)
So, ~ 1.5E12 barrels are needed for all cars produced before 2031.
Total oil reserve is 1.24E12 in 2010 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves)
(不是所有原油能有效開采,隻有部分原油有較高汽油轉化率)
結論:如果現行能源架構不發生根本變化,新能源汽車不能有效推出,考慮到美元貶值,十年內油價到上$300絕非危言聳聽, 這輩子見到$500/桶油不見得是長壽!