GEOG 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 46: Ipcc Fifth Assessment Report, Proven Reserves, Butane
16 May 2016
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Oil in middle east owned by international coprorations. Opec- organization of patroleum exporting countries nationalized oil in middle east. -holds most of oil non-opec share (primarily us) has increased american"s oil stability . Opec was seen as anti-west cause it was a nationalization of oil companies. Their vested interest is keeping oil scarce and keeping control over supply. Opec could lower their prices as a counter to american fracking. Composed mainly of simple hydrocarbon (methane) plus smaller amounts of heavier hydrocarbons that liquefy at normal atmosphereic pressure. Oecd countries will not increase co2 emissions so much. Non oecd still using lots of coal- mainly china. Canada is 2nd or 3rd in energy use per capita in the world. Each of the past 3 decades has been successively warmer than the preceding decades since 1850. More than 90% of the enercy accumulating in the climate system between 1971 and.
