Unit 3: Energy Consumption
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- Created on: 16-12-14 17:58
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- Differences for Per Capita Energy Consumption
- Affluence
- Richer people travel and use more heat
- Richer people buy more goods and appliances
- Poorer houses take less energy to build
- Relative Cost of Energy
- Locally abundant?
- Easy to extract?
- Not heavily taxed?
- If energy is cheap conservation is a lower priority
- Level of Industry
- Industrialised countries use more energy
- Types of Industry
- Primary industries use more energy
- Services use the least
- Social and Environmental Awareness
- Countries with energy shortages more likely to conserve (cultural traditions)
- Countries change energy output with availability
- MEDCs have more available technology to conserve
- Climate
- Cold areas require more heating but can be energy-efficient
- Affluence
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