CHEM 204 Lecture Notes - British Thermal Unit, Sulfur Dioxide, Sustainable Energy
15 Jul 2013
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Note: personal summary sheets made by martin m. for chem 204: winter, prof. barrett. If you look at an energy map, 60% of energy is lost as heat in the usa. Canada is only 25% fossil fuel and 60% hydroelectric. Quebec is 97% hydroelectric, but mcgill is only <50% electric because we are set up for natural gas. Our energy usage is based on what was cheap in the 60s. Cheaper to stick with natural gas and change everything: oil: all oil is essentially from sunlight and dead dinosaurs/decaying plants. Pros: easy to acquire (hole in ground), easy to transport (pipes), good fuel. World crude oil reserves&production numbers are untrustworthy because every country overestimates theirs to seem richer. Canada has tons of oil, but it"s expensive to raise a barrel in. Pros: lots of it (>90% of our fossil fuel reserves), evenly distributed!
