GEOG 204 Lecture 10: GEOG 204 Lecture 10 Notes
27 Apr 2016
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A science and a set of practices agronomy and ecology. Recycling nutrients and energy on the farm. Focus on interactions and productivity across the agricultural system. Reducing the negative impacts of modern farming techniques. Increased use of new technologies couples to a return to more traditional types of farming. Majority rely on biomass (wood, crop, etc) Canada is ranked 6th in largest user of primary energy (commercially traded fuels) The main source of canada"s energy is fossil fuels. The main use of commercial energy is for transportation. The efficiency paradox (there are more cars on the road now even though they have become more efficient) Direct solar energy wind, hydrological cycles, heat energy. The north/south divide (southerners don"t have the capacity to implement this, north could help them. South could also take advantage because they get sunshine all the time) Canada bill c-311 (set regulations to bring greenhouse gas emissions 25% below)
