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Fossil Fuels & Ecological Footprints Flashcards

1
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What is bio-capacity?

A

The capacity of ecosystems to regenerate biological materials and absorb waste material due to human activity on the surface

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T or F: Bio-capacity can vary due to climates and management of the surface?

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True

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3
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Define Ecological Footprint?

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A measure of how much area of biologically productive land and water an individual, population, or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste in generates.

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4
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How is an ecological footprint measured?

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Usually in hectares

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5
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Is Canada a bio-capacity debtor or creditor?

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Creditor but or contribution is falling

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6
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How much does our bio-capacity exceed our footprint?

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85%

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7
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What 5 countries have the highest footprint?

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China, USA, India, Russia, Japan

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8
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What rank is Canada for ecological footprint?

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12

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What does the measurement of bio-capacity focus on?

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Forests, agricultural lands, and coastal/inland fishing grounds

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10
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What does Canada and Russia have a lower bio-capacity than the US?

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Because a lot of Canada and Russia is covered by arctic climate. The US has more arable lands and less permafrost

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11
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What is Canada’s per person bio-capacity?

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15.0

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T/F: The TransMountain pipeline is a nationalized pipeline?

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True

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13
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How much does BC charge industrial users of water?

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$0.01 per thousand litres

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14
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What is carbon cycle?

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The movement of carbon from the atmosphere to the biosphere and back

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15
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How many billion barrels of oil estimated to be in the lithosphere?

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1707 billion

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16
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How much petroleum does the world consume per day?

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94.7 million

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17
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Name the 3 offshore oil rigs?

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Hibernia, Terra Nova, White Rose

18
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What were the 2 main basins Canada extracted oil from in the 70s & 80s?

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Western Canada Sedimentary Basin & Atlantic Jeanne D’Arc Basin

19
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How much oil does Canada produce per day?

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4.2 million barrels

20
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How much of our petroleum is sold to the US?

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96%

21
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What river is the tar sands located near?

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Athabasca

22
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What is the minimum cost of oil to make tar sand energy extraction worthwhile?

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$64/barrel but preferrably $80/barrel

23
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What does SEC stand for?

A

US Securities and Exchange Commission

24
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In 2004, Canada’s reserve assessment jumped from ~4.6 billion barrels to____?

A

180 billion+

25
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Canada is _______ in terms of of petroleum reserves globally?

A

3rd

26
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Until 2006, the Alberta royalty fee on each barrel was _____?

A

1%

27
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What are the 4 tar sands developers?

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Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus, Imperial Oil, Suncor

28
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What does CAPP stand for?

A

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

29
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Name the big 3 pipeline conveyors?

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Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, TransCanada

30
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Enbridge lines?

A

Northern Gateway, Alberta Clipper (Line 67)

31
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Kinder Morgan lines?

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TransMountain Pipeline, TMX (now nationalized)

32
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Keystone XL belongs to?

A

TransCanada

33
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What does Canada place for natural gas reserves?

A

3rd

34
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What is fracking?

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Uses high volumes of water, chemicals and sand at high pressure to release natural gas trapped in rock strata

35
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T or F: 90-95% of earthquakes in eastern BC were from gas-related activities?

A

True

36
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BC charges $_____ per 1000 litres of water to industrial users

A

$0.01

37
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City of Dawson charges $______ per 1000L of water extraction?

A

$4.50

38
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FNLP?

A

First Nations Limited Partnership, a corporate entity that can profit as a shareholder with LNG extraction (canceled) pipeline

39
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Coastal GasLink & Wet’suwet’en?

A

Hereditary chiefs conflicted with band chiefs over approval of Coastal GasLink pipeline crossing their territories.

40
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BC carbon tax current price?

A

$40 per tonne of C02 equivalent

41
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Alberta tar sands accounts for ____% of Canada’s oil production?

A

38.7%

42
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Carbon dioxide concentration is ____% in the global atmosphere?

A

~0.03%

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