UK energy security

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

• Self-sufficent in energy in the 1980s and 90s
• Net importer of gas in 2004
• 2020gas imports account for 80-90 percent of global demand

Question 2

Energy security problem?

Answer 2

coal only accounts for 15% of the UK’s primary energy supply, doesnt raise security conerns becasue coal is widely available from reliable sources at competitive prices

-Offset energy security concens by increasing the sue fo coal-increase emmisons

Question 3

Oil risks

Answer 3

• Rising volatile oil prices, increasing demand from China and India
• Create stable relations with oil-prodcing states an assist in opening new reserves

Question 4

Gas risk

Answer 4

Russia supplies UK, 30 percent through pipes, affects security through pipleine defects and problems with international markets