3.1d - Energy Capacity

Question 1

Give three factors used to measure energy security.

Answer 1

Availability, Diversity and Intensity

Question 2

How much more steel, meat, energy and plastic is consumed by the U.S. since the 1950s?

Answer 2

2 x steel, meat, energy and plastic.

21 x plastic

Question 3

Complete the sentence: As energy use i__________ so does e __________ development.

Answer 3

Increases

Economic

Question 4

What is the definition of peak oil?

Answer 4

The point in time in which petroleum extraction will reach its maximum and the extraction of oil will decrease terminally afterwards - peak oil year unknown due to the discovery of fracking.

Question 5

How many barrels of oil does the USA consume per day?

Answer 5

20 million

Question 6

What percentage of world energy is consumed by the U.S. annually?

Answer 6

25%

Question 7

What does an energy security index (ESI) lower than 2.5 show? Give an example.

Answer 7

The region is at an extreme risk of experiencing an unaffordable and unreliable supply of energy in the future.

Northern African countries

Question 8

When is peak oil estimated to occur?

Answer 8

Before 2030