Predominantly coal(65%) due to large manufacturing industries & electricity as they have the largest population in the world. Also 20% HEP due to Three Gorges Dam.
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What is the UK's energy mix?
38% coal due to most families having a car running off oil, 28% natural gas and 21% nuclear.
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What are some case studies associated with access to energy?
Denmark, Russia & Ukraine, BP, OPEC and Gazprom.
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State some facts about BP.
6th largest oil and gas company. Produces 3.6 million barrels of oil per day. 30% of oil for India. 15% oil % 40% natural gas for Egypt. 37,000 barrels of oil and 1.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day for the US.
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What is OPEC?
The organisation of petroleum exporting countries. They co-ordinate policies to ensure stability in the energy market, reduce price fluctuations, a steady income for producers and a fair return on investment into the industry.
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How have Denmark substituted fossil fuels?
Wind turbines produce 40% electricity. Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 35%.
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How do Russia have control over Europe?
They are the worlds largest natural gas supplier. Gazprom provides 25% of the EU's natural gas. Russia shut off their pipeline to Ukraine which led to a 40% fall in natural gas for Europe.
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How are Sweden reducing carbon emissions?
Produced 3,600 wind turbines by 2019 and introduced a carbon tax in 2003 incentivising firms to use renewable resources. 54% of Sweden's energy consumption is from renewable resources and their GDP growth is 5%.
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What is Costa Rica's energy mix?
98% renewable energy and are going to be the first developing country to use 100% renewable energy.
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How is the UK's energy mix changing ?
In 2015, renewable and nuclear energy supplied 47% of electricity. Wind energy could provide 25% by 2020. Increased recycling.
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in the UK.
Provides energy for 60 years and created 25,000 jobs. However, can be dangerous and cost £18 billion.
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of the wind power projects in the UK.
Hornsea Project 1 - 190 metre wind turbines to provide 7% of electricity by 2020. However, can be unpleasant to look at or hear. Quarrendon Fields - 25 metre wind turbine supplying 2000 homes with electricity in Aylesbury.
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What are the benefits and drawbacks of the solar power projects within the UK?
Chapel Lane Solar Farm - The equivalent of 175 football fields, giving electricity to 60,000 homes and only costs £50 million in comparison to the expensive nuclear projects. However, people believe that the space could be used for farming or housing
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Name some facts about the Dubai Sustainable City.
3.1 million tonnes of carbon emissions per person per year including commutes outside the city. 7.1 million world average. All houses are powered with solar panels. No petrol cars allowed in the city. $10,000 subsidy to buy an electric car.
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What case studies are associated with a reliance on fossil fuels?
USA Fracking, Canadian tar sands, Saudi Arabia.
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What are the advantage of the Canadian tar sands?
Meets 16% of North American oil needs. Earns vital revenues for local and national governments. 3rd largest oil reservoir. 170 billions barrels of oil per year. 1.9 million per day.
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What are the disadvantages of the Canadian tar sands?
Produces 3 times the greenhouse gases than conventional oil production. Takes 1 barrel of oil to produce 3 barrels of oil from tar sands. Uses between 2-5 barrels of water. 1.8 million tonnes of toxic waste per day. Disturbed indigenous people.
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What case studies link to deforestation and afforestation?
Amazon and Indonesia.
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State some facts about the Amazon drought.
Amazon holds 17% terrestrial carbon. Less water available for plants creating drought. 2005, 70 million hectares of forest damaged. Increased forest fires reducing photosynthesis by 10%. This released 10 billion tonnes of CO2 IN 2010.
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How is the world coping with the increased forest loss?
The UN and Norwegian government funded $1 billion to reduced deforestation. 4.3 million hectares of forest in Indonesia are gained per year. China aim to increase its forest by 23% by 2020. Brazil have halved the rate of deforestation since 2000.
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How is climate change affecting the arctic?
Annual precipitation will increase to 20% by 2100. Snow and permafrost is melting earlier in Yukon causing river disruptions. Total ice shrank by 22% by 2008. 39% increased inflows to Yukon river by 2000.
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Card 2
Front
What is the UK's energy mix?
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38% coal due to most families having a car running off oil, 28% natural gas and 21% nuclear.
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What are some case studies associated with access to energy?
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