GEOG 2EI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Oil Reserves, Fossil
8 Mar 2018
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What are the trends in energy consumption: most consumption is happening in developing countries due to the rapid population, globally more energy consumption will be via emerging economies, e. g. China has a major increase in energy used in the last 40 years: e. g. Slide 4: historical shifts in energy use: e. g. In developing countries, creating dams are too expensive and aren(cid:495)t worth it: new alternatives e. g. wind solar (now close to 10%, globally by (cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:884)(cid:882); energy consumption is expected to increase b/c our love-affair with cars. Us relies more on fossil fuels and nuclear power than other countries: oil is still a major usage, natural gases have overtaken coal. Slide 8: can coal be an alternative: most abundant fossil fuel. Slide 10: pros and cons of natural gas: transportation: less pollution emitted, disadvantages, deposits located far from usage points, transport, explosive and challenges spills, expenses, etc.
