GEOG 204 Lecture 9: There’s No Tomorrow (Peak Oil) Documentary Video Worksheet
22 Nov 2018
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Video Worksheet: There’s No Tomorrow (Peak Oil) Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMWzjrRiBg
1. What are hydrocarbon fuels? What types of fuels are created through the process?
1) Algae(海藻) grew in the heat ,then died ,after fell in the bottom of the rift and they
were buried. Then they transformed into HF.
2) Oil, Natural Gas,coal
2. It took nature _____5 million_____ years to create the fuels that the World consumes in
_______1________ year.
3. How much of the World’s oil discovered in the 1800’s have we used?
2 trillion barrels(桶), used 1 trillion already
4. What is the Hubert Peak? When did the Hubert Peak happen, according to the video?
1) Oil production will peak after 40 years of the discovery. Looks like a Bell curve
2)1970
5. How did the US meet its oil need after this point?
Import oil à vulnerable to supply and econ chaos of 1973
6. How many countries currently peaked in production of oil?
54 of 65
7. Currently we consume ____3 to 6____ barrels of oil for every one barrel of oil we find in
new oil discoveries.
8. How does urban sprawl（蔓延） contribute to the oil crisis?
Encourage people to go other places , forcing people to drive
9. What are some of the key uses of oil that are essential to us?
Petrol-chemicals à Agriculture, hospital, aviation (航空), US military,
plastics and polymers à computer, clothing,
10. What is energy? How is energy stored? What is energy density?
1) The ability to do work
2) Fuels
3) Some fuels contain more energy than others
