Mineral power and forest resources are the foundation of
economic development. They help in giving an initial push to the raising of
production in all sector of the economy. If the quality of manpower is high in a
country. It will make the best use of the natural resources and attain
development in the shortest possible period of time. Human and natural
resources are thus both determining factors in economic development.
In this article we, briefly examine the importance, quality
and the quality of the mineral power and forest resources available in Pakistan.
1.MINIRAL RESOURCES
The minerals, like the forest, are the precious wealth of a
country. These are extracted from earth. Some minerals like coal, iron, copper
etc. are found in solid forms and some like gas, petrol, oil etc., are
discovered in liquid shape.
Pakistan
is quite rich in mineral resources compared to many other developing countries
of the world. The mining sector has largely remained under developed due to
financial constraint, heavy reliance on advanced countries for the discovery of
mineral wealth, scarcity of trained personnel at home, etc.
1.Natural Gas.
The importance of
natural gas in Pakistan
has been increasing rapidly. It is used in industry to produce consumer goods,
to generate electricity, to manufacture fertilizer & in the transport
sector in its compressed from (CNG). To meet the increasing demand Government
of Pakistan is making efforts to increase its production at present the balance
recoverable reserve have been estimated at 26.62 trillion cubic feet.The
production of gas per day stood at 4050.84 Millions cubic feet during
July-March 2010-11 as compared to 4048.76 Million cubic feet during last
year.
LPG: (Liquefied Petroleum Gas)
The LPG is economical, clear, and environmental friendly
fuel. It is the most popular domestic fuel in areas where supply of natural gas
is technically or operationally not feasible.
CNG: (Compressed Natural Gas)
To reduce expensive imported fuel and to improve
environment. The govt., is encouraging the use of CNG in vehicle. As a result Pakistan
has been reported By PES as the largest CNG using country.
2. Crude Oli.
3.Coal.
4.Barte.
5.Gypsum.
6.Limestome.
7.Rock Salt.
8.Magnetite.
3.POWER
RESOURCES
There are various sources which geberate power. They, in
Brief are: Coal, Oil, Gas, waterfall or River Currents, Nuclear, Solar, Biogas,
Wind, Manpower and Animal
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
The total installed capacity of electricity generation stood
20681 mw in March,2010 compared with 2019 MW in March 2009. The share of hydel
is 6555 MW (32%) and thermal is 14126 MW (68%) out of 14126 MW of Thermal Power,
the share of different agencies involvement are as under.
Wapda = 4829 MW
Rental Power Plants
= 323 MW
PAEC = 665 MW
IPPS = 8309 MW
KESC = 1955 MW
(A) Thermal Electricity Resources:
Pakistan
has a sufficient large base of coal. Deposit over 175 billion tonnes have been
discovered in Thar deserts of sind. The total coal resources are estinated at
184 billions tonnes. As such the
prospect of coal to be used in the iron and steel industry and for generating
electricity are quite bright.
Conclusion
We have examined the various of energy and availability in Pakistan
. We in the long run shall have to bank upon on hydel and solar energy for
meeting the energy crises. The world scientist are of the view that the world
is not facing a crises of energy but a crises of technology. The oil which is
consumed in the engines uses only 17% of the energy potential and 83% of it is
burnt as waste. Same s the case with nuclear reactor which exploits and harnesses 1% of the energy
produced by uranium. The Scientist of the world now hall have to develop the
technology which uses 100% of the energy potential of oil.
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