GEOG 1220 Lecture : Energy Resources

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1220
• Professor: Richard Kuhn

Document Summary

Geography part ii: professor kuhn: energy resources, primary, secondary: initial, unrefined energy resources (oil, coal, nuclear) actual energy used, water consumption. Primary energy always exceeds secondary energy as inefficiencies cause loss between primary and secondary energy use: energy efficiency: Difference between primary (extracted) and secondary (utilized energy. Efficiency requires reducing the difference between primary and secondary energy. But still need new sources of energy to meet future demands. Canada is a nation with the most energy consumption per capita in the world due to energy used for resource extraction: sources of energy: 83% of our energy comes from stock resources (e. g. from non renewable: oil, gas and coal) This includes biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar, tidal and wind: fossil fuels: extracted from ancient deposits and burned as a source of energy. Organic material in the form of coal, petroleum and natural gas. Human dependence facilitated by accessibility, utility, high energy content, transportability and conversion to different fuels / feedstock.