Up to date case studies - HUMAN Flashcards
Oil exploitation in the UK
2023 - The UK’s largest untapped oil field has been approved by regulators
Rosebank 80 miles west of Shetland is estimated to contain 500 million barrels of oil
Can produce up to 200 tonnes of carbon dioxide
Electric cars
Rishi Sunak delays 2023 - A five-year delay in the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, meaning a requirement for all new cars to be “zero emission” will not come into force until 2035. It is estimated over 1 million registered electric vehicles are now on the roads.
Tuvalu - Superpowers sphere of influence
Falepili Union - Tuvalu is a series of low-lying islands in the Pacific which is home to 11,200 people as of 2023 Australia has permitted 280 people per year to receive visas to live, work and study in Australia. Tuvalu has agreed it will not enter defence pacts with any other countries without Australia’s approval. Australia has also pledged funding to help Tuvalu adapt to climate change, including (£8.8m) to expand the landmass of its main island by 6%
Cowspiracy
Palm oil has taken up 26 million acres of rainforests however, livestock has taken up 136 million acres.
660 gallons of water to make one hamburger.
Yemen Houthis
January 2024 - Oil prices jumped by 4% after the UK and US launched strikes in Yemen. Brent Crude hit $80 per barrel for the first time this year higher energy prices risk stoking inflation just as it has begun to slow due to the disturbance in the Suez Canal
Port Talbort - Tata Steel closure
Heavy industry is associated with Port Talbort’s ‘heritage’. Tata Steel currently employs 8,000 people, with about 4,000 based at the UK’s largest steelworks in Port Talbot, which has two coal powered blast furnaces. The BBC has been told the first job losses are likely to begin in April, with more in September. The Indian-owned firm will instead spend £1.25bn - including a £500m UK government subsidy - on its move to a method of steelmaking that will cut carbon emissions and stem financial losses on its UK operations of £1m a day.
US banning Tiktok
Tiktok is owned by Bytedance and US is threatening to ban the app effecting the 170 million users in the US
Blackpool deprivation
Blackpool is a town plagued by too many preventable fatalities linked to alcohol, drug abuse and suicide - collectively described by the bleakly poetic phrase “deaths of despair” by health researchers.
A study of deaths recorded at coroners’ courts across England suggests that between 2019 and 2021, about 46,200 people lost their lives in this way - the equivalent of 42 people every day. In Blackpool the rate is 83.8 for every 100,000 deaths.
Compare that to the area with the lowest rate, Barnet in Greater London, where the figure stands at 14.5 deaths per 100,000.
