ENVR 200 Lecture 20: ENVR 200- Nov 12

• School: McGill University
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENVR 200
• Professor: George Mc Court

Document Summary

Increase the use of non-carbon fuels (solar, wind, biomass, nuclear) Develop new technologies for energy production, storage and transport. Fuel and o2 produce co2, h2o and heat. Both can be converted and stored in different forms. Almost 90% of energy comes from fossil fuels. 60% of energy is lost from production to usage. Electric cars would make sense here, but not in places with mostly fossil fuel electricity. Canada has the highest hydrocarbon consumption per capita. Energy here costs considerably less than in other places of the world. Oil is efficient and easy to acquire and transport, but is limited with uneven distribution. Coal is abundant & evenly distributed, but dirty, and hard to process, transport and mine.