Geography 1500F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fuel Efficiency, World Energy Outlook, Energy Poverty
17 Dec 2016
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Lacking reliable access to safe and affordable energy when needed. Example 1: first nations communities in northern ontario served by unreliable diesel generators. Example 2: city dwellers in venezuela facing regular blackouts earlier this year. Example 3: elderly homes in uk who cannot afford to heat their homes: biomass. Heating and cooking with solid biomass has severe health consequences. Fine particulate matter causes respiratory diseases, heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer. 4 million premature deaths per year linked to cooking with indoor solid fuels. Energy ladder help transition people to options that are more sustainable and healthier: major geographic differences in energy production and use, oecd countries. High total use, but near world average for per person (large population) High coal use (declining though) and renewables are growing: india. Lower use per person likely for a major growth: every country wants energy security: 2 methods, securing reliable supplies of energy produced in other countries.
