Energy & Health Flashcards
What is energy?
Central tool for modern food production, food preparation, climate control, transportation, manufacturing, etc.
LPG?
Liquefied petroleum gas
What is kerosene?
A light fuel oul obtained by distilling petroleum
Health improves w/ increasing energy use. T or F?
T, but only up to a point
Promary energy supply was when?
1971-2012
Solid fuels?
Major energy source in poor houses
- biomass
- coal
- charcoal
Major source of indoor air pollution
- huge global burden
- pneumonia, heart disease, etc.
Fossil fuels?
Geological forces acting on biological material over millions of years
Types of fossil fuels?
- coal
- petroleum
- natural gas
What can coal do?
A major source of electricity globally. Good for
- mining
- processing
- transportation
- combustion
- coal combustion waste
Petroleum?
-major transportation fuel
Conservation is?
Reducing energy usage by reducing demand
Efficiency is?
Getting more service from each unit of energy
History of air pollution?
