Geography 2153A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Smog, Oil Sands, Asphalt
19 Dec 2013
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30 cars carry 40 people and crowd an entire street; whereas one bus will carry 40 people and takes up a lot less people. High standard of living of canadians partly due to our low cost of energy. Canadians are the second largest per capita consumers of energy in the world. In 2000, canada"s energy consumption was 351. 5 gigajoules per person. Canadians spend more than 89 billion per year on energy. Canadians spent 135 billion in 2004 to heat and cool their homes. Energy sector employs 290,400 people major role in canada"s economy. During the past four decades, the energy sector contributed 6-10% of. Gdp, causing a decline in the energy consumption per dollar. 41% of worldwide electricity comes from coal 21% comes from natural gas 16% comes from hydroelectricity 14% comes from nuclear power. 6% comes from oil the remaining comes from solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal. 63. 1% of electricity produced in canada comes from hydroelectricity,
