Reliance On Fossil Fuels Flashcards
1
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Four uses of fossil fuels
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Transport
Plastics
Pharmaceutics
Fibres
2
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Define fossil fuel
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Fuel which is used to generate electricity by combustion
3
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Define renewable energy source
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A form of energy derived from the natural sources that do not use up natural resources to harm the environment
4
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Issues surrounding the use of carbon trading
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- Complexity of market
- Markets open to fraud and manipulation
- environment
- difficultly in measurements of emissions
5
Q
Evidence linking the use of fossil fuels with global warming/ climate change
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•Weather patterns- floods Famines Sea levels rising Polar ice caps melting Sea temp. rises
6
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Advantages of carbon trading
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Every country is for finical flexibility Economic Control Finical Flexibility
7
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Disadvantages of carbon trading
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Every country is for measuring the size of credits •environmental •complexity •measuring of own credits(fraud) •size of credits
8
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Definition of antropogenic
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Climate change caused by humans
9
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What was the reliance on fossil fuels in 2013
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87%
