ENVS 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Nuclear Power In Canada, Ozone Depletion, Ocean Acidification
4 Apr 2017
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Water represents the amount of co2 in the atmosphere: increasing a little bit each year. The input or faucet is the release of ghg"s into the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation etc: input is larger than the output. The drain is things like carbon sinks like land and ocean uptake. Mitigation strategies can decrease the faucet: demand side mitigation are the strategies we can come up with that makes up demand less energy. Can develop more energy efficient appliances and focus on technology. Energy efficiency = the service provided divided by the energy used: energy efficient cars (hybrid vehicles), buildings (leadership in energy and environmental design (leed) buildings), appliances (energy star) When reading about energy efficiency you often come across the energy efficiency dilemma: higher income countries have much better energy efficiency, but we have higher disposable incomes so we buy more shit which increases ghg. We can also conserve more energy by focusing on human behaviour and choices.
