ECOR 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sea Level Rise, 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Global Warming

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Engineering Common Core Courses
• Course: ECOR 1010
• Professor: Glenn Mc Rae

Document Summary

Fossil fuels and agriculture have played the most important role in the explosive growth of humans as nothing could happen without energy. Reasons for moving past fossil fuels: avoid risk of climate change, stop the depletion of cheap fossil fuels. In the next 100 years we will have more energy efficient wealth creation but our wealth will increase. We can cut emissions and still allow the economy to grow: ex. Opec oil embargo: deliberate reduction in oil deliveries. Global warming and climate change: fossil fuel emissions: we produce more co2 than the amount the planet (plants) can absorb, greenhouse effect: when the thermal energy is released into the atmosphere, the. Co2 prevents the energy from escaping: global warming: the average temperature of the earth increases, climate change: severe storms and natural disasters become more common from a small deviation in the solar energy balance.