What the world needs to fuel everything, from transport and industry to food supply and heat in our homes. Can be derived from a diversity of sources. Today, most comes from fossil fuels and much is consumed as electricity.
Energy
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The extent to which a country can achieve an affordable reliable amd stable energy supply. It is the ability to meet all the national energy needs regardless of any events that may threaten that ability.
Energy Security
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Refers to them different sources of energy that a country uses to meet it's energy needs. It is in the best interests of a country to ensure its energy supply comes from a sustainable source such as recyclable and renewable energy.
Energy Mix
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Cannot be replaced once they have been used.
Non-renewable sources
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re capable of regeneration on a human timescale
Renewable sources
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Have a renewable stock which, with careful management, can be replenished.
Recyclable sources
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Routes along which energy is transported from producer to consumer.
Energy pathways
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Individuals, groups or organisations with a stake in a particular issue and the ability to influence outcomes.
Players
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Include conservation and environmental groups
Pressure groups
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Include those that are particularly concerned with the trade in energy.
Intergovernmental Organisations
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Includes households, industrial activities and public utilites
Consumers
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The relationships between a country and the rest of the world in areas like, sovereignty, economic cooperation, trade, defense and decision-making
Geopolitical
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Fuels consisting of hydrocarbons, formed by the decomposition of prehistoric organisms in past geological periods.
Fossil Fuels
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The consumption of finite resources that will lead to their exhaustion
Resource depletion
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A significant interruption to supply due to an environmental, economic or political event.
Supply shock
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A serious shortage of energy which interrupts domestic supplies and impacts the economy.
Energy Crisis
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Naturally occuring mixtures of sand or clay, water and bitumen
Oil sands
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When a country decides to place all or part of one or a number of natural resources under state ownership.
Resource nationalisation
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The process of turning solid coal into a gas to be used in power generation
Coal gasification
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A measure of how rapidly and strongly traders think prices could move
Oil price volatility
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The extent to which a country can achieve an affordable reliable amd stable energy supply. It is the ability to meet all the national energy needs regardless of any events that may threaten that ability.
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Energy Security
Card 3
Front
Refers to them different sources of energy that a country uses to meet it's energy needs. It is in the best interests of a country to ensure its energy supply comes from a sustainable source such as recyclable and renewable energy.
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