Council Of Foreign Relations

Question 1

3 categories of energy sources

Answer 1

Fossil fuel, alternative, renewable

Question 2

Petroleum

Answer 2

Umbrella term: Crude oil refined into gasoline, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel. Extracted through drilling or fracking.
Fossil fuel.

Question 3

Coal

Answer 3

One of the world’s most abundant Fossil fuels, extracted through surface and underground mining.

Question 4

Natural gas

Answer 4

Fossil fuel, a mixture of gases trapped under the earth’s surface, and extracted similar to oil. Advances in drilling and fracking have unlocked vast reserves.

Question 5

Alternative energy

Answer 5

Broadly refers to any energy not extracted from a fossil fuel, but not necessarily from a renewable source (like nuclear power generation)

Question 6

Renewable energy

Answer 6

Types of alternative energy that are derived from resources like sunlight, wind, water, which have a steadily replenishing supply

Question 7

5 main renewable and alternative fuels

Answer 7

Wind power, solar power, hydropower, nuclear energy, biofuels

Question 8

Solar power

Answer 8

Covering sunlight into electricity or solar thermal energy, which uses the suns heat to create electricity (which works even when the sun is down)

Question 9

Biofuels

Answer 9

Also biomass; produced using organic materials (wood, crops, (agri)waste, animal manure) that contain stored energy from the sun.

Question 10

Ethanol

Answer 10

Liquid biofuel that release energy in the form of heat

Question 11

3 kinds of emissions measurements

Answer 11

Historical, annual, per capita

Question 12

Kyoto Protocol

Answer 12

1997 agreement that amended the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It mandated emissions cuts by 38 developed countries while encouraging developing countries to follow suit. It was renewed in 2011 for another 5 years. It acknowledged collective obligations but emphasized that only developed countries cut emissions.