DECK 1 Flashcards
(36 cards)
What are the 10 Big Ideas?
- Solar Energy
- Bernoulli Principle
- Carbon
- Temperature Rising
- Napoleon’s March
- Geography and History
- Institutions
- We are being followed
- Innovation
- Energy Policy Trilemma
Solar Energy
Heat and Light
Photovaltaic effect
Concentratig Solar
Hydraulic Energy
Generated by water (evaporation, condensation, precipitation)
Wind Energy
Prevailing winds and diurnal patterns
Biomass
Combustion of water carbon dioxide and light energy
Hydrocarbon energy
Carbon cycle
(Peat, Coal, Oil, and Natural Gasses storing chemical energy)
What doesnt come form the sun?
Nuclear energy and tidal energy
What is the Bernoulli Principle?
The principle that explains how planes fly
(Low pressure area on top of the wings while positive pressure area in the bottom creates lift)
Explain the functionality of carbons
Use for fuel
Use for sugars and carbs
Can bond easily with other elements
What does the control of combustion of temperatures do?
Allows the ability to smelt metals and other materials
What is Pyrolysis?
Creates charcoal, coke, extract bitumen, and natural gas into hydrogen
What is distillation and fractional distillation?
Separates crude oil into components
What is Methane CH4?
Hydrocarbon
What is the earliest version of market demand and supply?
The Napoleons March in the Moscow Campaign
Give a brief summary of Canadian Energy History
- Pre-colonization - First nations
- New French, Rupert Land - 1534 - 1763
- British Rule - 1763 - 1867
- Canada - 1867 to present
What did watersheds do back then?
Provided access for the French and the British to the interior of Canada
What did biomass do back then?
Forests provided fuel and building materials
Where are hydrocarbon resources primarily sourced?
Alberta
Talk about subsidiary
- Lowest level to decide
- Government is last resort
- Lower level of government provides checks and balances on the federal government
What is the issue with the government?
They usually only focus on short-term goals due to election pressures
Critical Separations to Democracy
- Power
- Religious institutions
- Government from the economy
- Government from media
What are the norms that Western Democracies rely on?
- Tolerance of opposing parties
- Tolerance in the exercise of full
- Legal/constitutional authorities
What is fundamentally important to national secutiry?
ENERGY
Natural allies
Democracy and non-democracy