there's no tomorrow Flashcards
- It took nature __________ years to create the fuels that the World consumes in _______________ year.
5 million and 1 year
- How much of the World’s oil discovered in the 1800’s have we used?
about a haft
- What is the Hubert Peak? When did the Hubert Peak happen, according to the video?
Hubbert’s peak theory predicts the rise, peak, and decline of fossil fuel production. and happened in 1970
- How did the US meet its oil need after this point?
import
- How many countries currently peaked in production of oil?
54
- Currently we consume ________ barrels of oil for every one barrel of oil we find in new oil discoveries.
3-6
- What are some of the key uses of oil that are essential to us?
Agriculture, hospitals, military, roads etc..
- What is energy? How is energy stored? What is energy density?
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
- Which is the most critical of the current fuels?
oil
- One barrel of oil contains as much energy as how many years of human labour?
3
- What does EROEI stand for?
energy return on energy invested
- The EROEI of oil is currently as low as __________.
10
- The EROEI of shale and the Tar Sands oil varies from ______ to as low as _________.
5 and 1 1/2
- What energy provides the vast amount of our electrical energy?
coal
- When might global natural gas production peak?
2050
- What do we need if we’re going to meet our energy needs with renewables?
political will investment, technology
- How are fossil fuels linked to our ability to continue feeding a growing population?
food is based on fossil fuel; transportation, cooking etc
- ________ calories of fossil fuel energy are needed to created ________ calorie of food energy.
7 and 1
- When are all fish populations predicted to collapse?
2048
- World food production must ___________ by 2050 to feed the growing population.
double
- What are some of the possible solutions?
Technology, decrease consumption, recycling, smart growth, more efficient
- What is the “Jevons Paradox”
more efficient= more consumption
- What does the energy substitution argument fail to account for?
technology doesn’t equal energy, if there’s no resources we can’t have energy
- What can individuals do?
decrease energy use, decrease consumption, support local, increase self sufficient
