Impacts of Energy Use and Extraction
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- Created on: 10-06-19 16:04
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- Impacts of Energy Use and Extraction
- Landscape Scarring - Xilinhot, China
- The demand on coal has increased mining.
- The government encourages surface mining instead of underground mines
- Nearly 37kmsq in size and has 2 billion tones of coal
- However, the mine cast could scar the landscape and it uses tonnes of water to operate
- Oil Spill - Gulf Coast, USA
- When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank, it killed 11 people and leaked oil for 87 days after.
- It lost 3.2 million barrels of oil
- The oil rose to the surface and killed marine life and bird life. Floating booms tried to control the burning and oil dispersant chemicals
- The spill made endangered species even more endangered and BP was fined under the US Clean Water law
- Deforestation (HEP) - Pará, Brazil
- It will be one of the largest dams and will provide electricity to the rapidly increasing Brazilian population
- 46% of the energy used in Brazil comes from renewable sources with HEP being 85% of all electricity used
- It will flood 400kmsq of the Amazon rainforest which will cause a loss of vegetation, harming of animals and impact on the fish migration routes
- Landscape Scarring - Xilinhot, China
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