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Topic 9 Flashcards

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Renewable Energies

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Wind
Solar
HEP

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Non-Renewable energies

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Fossil Fuels

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Recyclable Energies

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Nuclear Energy

Biomass

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Ways fossil fuels are extracted

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Mining

Drilling

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How are fossil fuels extracted through mining

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Surface Mining. This strips away large areas of soil rock and vegetation

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Effects of surface mining

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Destroyed Habitat
Loss of biodiversity
Scarred Land

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How are fossil fuels extracted through drilling

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Onshore drilling which requires land to be stripped of vegetation to make space for drills and roads

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Effects of onshore drilling

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Oil coats aquatic and bird life causing restricted movement

Releases greenhouse gases such as methane

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9
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Factors that have an impact on a country’s access to energy

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Technology
Geology
Acessibility
Climate
Landscape
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10
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What 2 factors have a positive correlation

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Development

Energy Consumption

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Oil Reserves

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Are the amount of oil that can be extracted

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Oil Production

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The process of extracting and refining crude oil

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Factors that affect oil production

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Infrastructure
Domestic Demand
Shrinking Reserves
Global Consumption

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Factors that affect oil price and supply

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Conflicts
Diplomatic Relation
Recessions
Economic Booms

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How conflict affects oil price and supply

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Decrease in Oil Supply

Increase in Price

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How diplomatic relations affect oil price and supply

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Prices in oil increases due to tension between oil producing countries

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How recessions affect the price and supply of oil

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Decrease in Demand

Decrease in Price

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How economic booms affect oil price and supply

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Increase in Price

Increase in Demand

19
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What is fracking

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Is liquid being pumped into shale rock at high pressure causing rocks to crack and release gas

20
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Effects of fracking on the environment

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Chemicals pumped can leak into water supply

Destroys habitats and distrupts ecosystem

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What is tar sand

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A substance that contains bitumen which can be refined to produce oil

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How is tar sand extracted

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Through surface mining which collects the tar sands and sends them to processing plants to seperate the bitumen from the sand

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Effects of surface mining

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Devastation of habitats which results in reduction of biodiversity

Processing tar sand creates a large amount of harmful chemicals

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How can demand for energy be reduced

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Energy Conservation eg changing lifestyle

Energy efficiency eg getting lightbulbs that use less energy

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3 main advantages of reducing use of fossil fuels

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Reducing Carbon Footpring
Improving energy security
Diversifying the energy mix

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2 main energy futures

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Business as usual

Move to sustainablity

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Attitude of consumers towards energy futures

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Want secure energy

Want cheap power

Currently many favour business as usual

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Attitude of TNCs towards energy futures

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Controlling oil reserves gives them money and power

Sustainable energy requires large investment

Currently favour business as usual

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Attitude of governments towards energy futures

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Want a secure future energy supply

Under pressure to use sustainable energy for the environments sake

Currently looking to move to sustainability

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Attitude of environmental groups towards energy futures

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They want the damage to the environment to stop

Currently wants move to sustainability

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Factors that are affecting attitudes towards energy futures

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Rising Affluence
Education
Environmental Concern

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How does rising affluence change attitude

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More wealthy people are choosing to purchase solar panels and energy efficient cars

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How does education change attitude

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Helps the future generation to become aware of increasing emissions and clean energy so that they may implement change

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How does environmental concern change attitude

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People becoming worried about the environmental damage therefore become more aware of actions that need to be done to reduce that harm

35
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What factors are used to calculate carbon and ecological footprint

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Food
Home
Travel
Lifestyle

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