Factors That Affect Energy Choices Flashcards
Scientific and technological development
LEDCs use less energy and more natural resources
Political factors
OPEC raised oil prices, causing other countries to develop their own cheaper resources
Economic factors
Production and distribution costs
Cultural attitudes
Increased awareness of climate change
Knowledge of the risks associated with nuclear power
Environmental factors
Climates allow for the use of certain types of energy - solar/wind
Historical factors
Oil, coal and gas reserves in countries like the UK made fossil fuels an obvious choice for exploitation
Technocentrics would continue to use ________ in the belief that pollution could be _______ through ________ solutions
Fossil fuels
Minimized
Technological
Ecocentrics would see ______ living more within its means, and making a better use of ______
Humanity
Renewable sources of energy
