GPHY 101 Lecture 4: Energy, the Economy and the Environment

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GPHY 101
• Professor: Anne M C Godlewska

Document Summary

The wall street journal/ forbes magazine: in the news: peak oil or peak. Allan cycle carbon capture: solar panels are cheaper than they used to be, canada is not producing as much oil, has to do with transporting oil from the ground. Canada, resources and the global economy: the staples thesis and canada, harold innis described the economy of a nation driven of a nation driven by resource extraction, canada"s economy and society had evolved through stages f resource extraction: Energy (very powerful: the export of natural resources has pervasive impact on the economy, social and political systems. Relations between settlers and indigenous peoples: canadian government have always prioritized extractive industries. Able to maintain favourable trade conditions: periphery regions. Standard of living generally low, esp for the poor: semi-periphery regions. A sort of hybrid between the two as a result of geographic position or sustained relationships. Often play the role of deflecting political pressures that.