Consuming Energy

Question 1

  How much energy does the USA use

Answer 1

It uses 21% of global energy for its 4.5% of the world population

Question 2

 Changing price of oil reasons

Answer 2

Oil producing countries have supply issues
OPREC countries restrict oil supplies to make the prices high like Saudi Arabia
Conflict causes prices to skyrocket
Recessions can cause fluctuation

Question 3

Fracking

Answer 3

Fracking is when we drill horizontally and blast water into a rock fractures which is the process called fracking. And it gets the oil from shale deposits. This makes the USA less reliant on imported oil.

Question 4

Tar sands

Answer 4

Tar sands are a mixture of sand clay and water and have a form of petrol in them called bitumen. This is extracted by injecting hot steam into the tar sand and pumps out the bitumen. This requires enormous amounts of energy and water

Question 5

Issues with tar sands in Athabasca

Answer 5

It requires huge amounts of water and sometimes the oil leeches into the Athabasca river which causes water pollution. This often leads to the fish getting ill and people who eat the fish also getting ill. The development of tar sands has caused the decline of many animal species like Karibu wolverines and lots of birds. He also involves the destruction of forests and a lot of ecosystems

Question 6

How does London become more renewable

Answer 6

Buses are hybrid so they’re more fuel efficient
There are Santander bikes which encourage cycling there is the congestion charge which stops heavy polluting vehicles from going into London

Question 7

Conventional oil extraction

Answer 7

Quicker and cheaper
Goes into the gas reservoir and is more efficient

Question 8

Fracking (unconventional)

Answer 8

Goes into gas rock rather than reservoir and is much more expensive and time consuming
High pressures of water to extract shale, which we get shale gas from