Carbon

Question 1

How much carbon does city of london generate

Answer 1

1.7 million tonnes

Question 2

How does physical availability affecting Norway energy mix

Answer 2

Norway is mountainous with steep valleys and plentiful rainfall HEP is the natural energy choice

Question 3

How is cost affecting UK energy mix

Answer 3

Stocks of the North Sea oil and gas which is forcing the UK to import more

Question 4

How is cost affecting Norway energy mix

Answer 4

Norak hydro runs over 600 HEP sites, which supply 97.5% of Norway’s renewable energy.
HEP are low cost once capita investment is complete

Question 5

How is technology affecting UKs energy mix

Answer 5

There are 150 years’ worth of coal reserves left in the UK, but current technology and environmental policy make its extraction and use unrealistic and expensive

Question 6

How is politics consideration affecting energy mix

Answer 6

The increasing reliance on imported energy sources affects the UK’s energy security, and this has become a political issue

Question 7

How is political considerations affecting Norway’s energy mix

Answer 7

HEP has been used since 1907 and Norwegian water and energy directorate manages the nations power supply

Question 8

Who is the worlds leader in bio-ethanol

Answer 8

Brazil

Question 9

Cars running on bio ethanol produce __ less CO2 into the atmosphere

Answer 9

80%

Question 10

What is the downside of bio fuels

Answer 10

Deforestation

Reinforced rural inequalities

Question 11

What are some threats die to bio fuels

Answer 11

• takes investment away from food
• contaminated water supplies
• food shortages occur