there's no tomorrow Flashcards
1
Q
- It took nature __________ years to create the fuels that the World consumes in _______________ year.
A
5 million and 1 year
2
Q
- How much of the World’s oil discovered in the 1800’s have we used?
A
about a haft
3
Q
- What is the Hubert Peak? When did the Hubert Peak happen, according to the video?
A
Hubbert’s peak theory predicts the rise, peak, and decline of fossil fuel production. and happened in 1970
4
Q
- How did the US meet its oil need after this point?
A
import
5
Q
- How many countries currently peaked in production of oil?
A
54
6
Q
- Currently we consume ________ barrels of oil for every one barrel of oil we find in new oil discoveries.
A
3-6
7
Q
- What are some of the key uses of oil that are essential to us?
A
Agriculture, hospitals, military, roads etc..
8
Q
- What is energy? How is energy stored? What is energy density?
A
energy is the ability to do work
fuel is stored
energy density is the amount of energy stored in a given system or region of space per unit volume
how many energy fuel houses for example
9
Q
- Which is the most critical of the current fuels?
A
oil
10
Q
- One barrel of oil contains as much energy as how many years of human labour?
A
3
11
Q
- What does EROEI stand for?
A
energy return on energy invested
12
Q
- The EROEI of oil is currently as low as __________.
A
10
13
Q
- The EROEI of shale and the Tar Sands oil varies from ______ to as low as _________.
A
5 and 1 1/2
14
Q
- What energy provides the vast amount of our electrical energy?
A
coal
15
Q
- When might global natural gas production peak?
A
2050
