Energy

Question 1

Oil production in The Ghawer Saudi Arabia

Answer 1

3.8mil barrels a day

Question 2

Oil production in Prudhoe Bay Oil Field North America

Answer 2

280K barrels daily

Question 3

Oil production in Texas Spindletop Oil Field

Answer 3

Discovered 1901
153m barrels by 1985

Question 4

Sierra Navada California - Shasta in upper Saeramento River Basin

Answer 4

602 feet tall
8th tallest dam in US

Question 5

The Severn Barrage

Answer 5

Would be 10miles with 200yr lifetime
Shelved 2014

Question 6

Vaxjo Sweden

Answer 6

Half city covered by forest

Question 7

Energy consumption in N America in past

Answer 7

Consumed most since 1960s
30K TWh in 2000

Question 8

Changing trend in fuel use

Answer 8

From 1800 to 1900 mainly biofuels
Now crude oil and coal

Question 9

North America and Europe Energy Consumption compared to Asia

Answer 9

N. America and Europes not changed but Asias increased massively

Question 10

Asia energy consumption

Answer 10

60K TWh in 2018

Question 11

Patterns for energy demand globally

Answer 11

increased tenfold in 20th century

Question 12

BRIC energy consumption

Answer 12

Account for40% worlds energy
China 22%

Question 13

Chinas manufacturing sector

Answer 13

56% of countries energy supply

Question 14

Transport sector energy consumption

Answer 14

25% of world consumption

Question 15

Fossil fuel use rise in transport in EU

Answer 15

24% rise since 1990

Question 16

Population growth

Answer 16

Reached 8B in 2022
3x greater than 1950
Currently 60K a night
50% more energy needed to sustain humanity by 2050

Question 17

China vehicle ownership

Answer 17

If reached USA’s levels of 800 per 1000, its total vehicle population would be 1B
Private vehicles account for 25% of global oil use

Question 18

Microsoft servers

Answer 18

13TWh electricity used annually

Question 19

AI

Answer 19

460TWh globally to run it

Question 20

US as a top oil and producer

Answer 20

19.4m oil barrels a day in 2023
Quarter of world gas production in 2023

Question 21

US Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Answer 21

727mil barrels daily

Question 22

OPEC

Answer 22

Established 1960
It’s 14 members accounted for 44% of global oil production in 2018 and 81.5% of proven oil reserves
Ranked #3 on Lloyd’s list of top 100 most influential people in shipping industry in 2014

Question 23

UK’s energy mix

Answer 23

41% fossil fuels
43% renewables (wind, solar, hydro)
16% nuclear

Question 24

Change in UK’s energy mix

Answer 24

91% came from oil and coal in 1970
All coal fired power stations closed by 2025
Imported 15.7% of electricity in 2024

Question 25

India’s energy mix

Answer 25

75% coal, oil and gas 22% solar, wind, hydro 3% nuclear

Question 26

Coal and solar in India

Answer 26

5th largest coal reserves in world Aims to add 100GW of solar energy by 2030

Question 27

Indian Gov

Answer 27

Aim of 50% electricity from renewables by 2030 Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park with capacity of 1000MW due to $800m investment

Question 28

Mali Energy Mix

Answer 28

10% imported oil 75% biomass 15% hydropower and solar

Question 29

Nepal Hydropower

Answer 29

1/5 of pop still lives without electricity Has enough water to electrify whole country of 27mil 400+ micro-hydro power plants since 1996 1 project provides 50KW (enough to power a whole village)

Question 30

Kenya Solar panels

Answer 30

15-20 yrs ago home solar systems cost $500 to $1000 Almost 70% of Kenyans have no access to power M-KOPA’s cost $200 Research shows if off grid kenyans used solar panel systems by the company they could save $750+ over 4 years

Question 31

Great smog of London

Answer 31

1952 Atleast 1000 tons of smoke particles released daily Atleast 4000 deaths

Question 32

Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf Mexico

Answer 32

2010 Over a mil birds killed, 1000 dolphins, 170K turtles

Question 33

Cost of pipelines in EU

Answer 33

€3.42m per km for building and maintaining

Question 34

Ever Given and Suez Canal

Answer 34

2021 Cost $15mil per day blocked

Question 35

Gas leaks in Nora Stream pipes between Europe and Russia

Answer 35

2022

Question 36

Kyoto Protocol

Answer 36

1997

Question 37

First Tidal Lagoon In Swansea

Answer 37

Thrown out 2018 Would cost £1.3b Capital cost per unit of electricity generated would be 3x Higher that of Hinkling point C nuclear power station

Question 39

Denmark Biofuels

Answer 39

Renewable energy increase from 6% to 43% from 1990 to 2022 68% of this is biomass

Question 40

Hinckley Point C nuclear

Answer 40

Heading towards £3.5B Could kill 18-46 tons fish anually 300ha saltmarsh proposed at Palluett Hams for compensation

Question 42

Chernobyl

Answer 42

Exploded 1986

Question 43

3 Gorges Dam China

Answer 43

Construction displaced 1.3mil ppl heavy rains in 2020 caused record inflows into it

Question 44

Arab-Israeli War

Answer 44

Caused oil prices to quadruple between 1973-4

Question 45

Shia Muslim Theocracy over through the Shah of Aran

Answer 45

1979

Question 46

The Iran-Iraq War and the 2 Gulf states in Kuwait

Answer 46

1990-91

Question 47

Iraq war

Answer 47

2003-10

Question 48

China solar cell capacity

Answer 48

60% of global solar cell manufacturing capacity

Question 49

Fukushima melt down

Answer 49

2011

Question 50

Nuclear plans in Germany

Answer 50

Plans to close all nuclear power plants by 2022 All were shut by 2023

Question 51

Aims and success of Kyoto Protocol

Answer 51

Aimed to reduce ghg emissions to 5% below 1990 for developed countries between 2008-12 Reduced between 7% and 12.5%

Question 52

Nextbike

Answer 52

Over 400K trips between July 2018 and July 2019

Question 53

Boyota Columbia success

Answer 53

40% reduction in car pollutants 47% reduction in fuel consumption 60% reduction in GHG emissions

Question 54

National Grids Demand Flexibility Service

Answer 54

Aimed to meet UK’s target made in 2022 to cut energy consumption by 15% in next 8 years Estimated to save £28B (£480 per household) 4.2 mil homes and businesses participating in last 2 yrs saving over 7GWh of electricity