Energy

Question 0

How long will gas last at current levels of consumption?

Answer 0

60yrs

Question 1

How long will coal last at current levels of consumption?

Answer 1

200 years

Question 2

How long will oil last at current levels of consumption?

Answer 2

40 years

Question 3

Which areas have less of a problem with access to fossil fuels?

Answer 3

Northern Africa and Middle East as they have 70% of the worlds gas and oil supplies

Question 4

Oil provides what proportion of world and Vietnamese supplies?

Answer 4

World- 37%

Vietnam- 17%

Question 5

Coal provides what proportion of world and Vietnamese supplies?

Answer 5

World- 25%

Vietnam- 22%

Question 6

Gas provides what proportion of world and Vietnamese supplies?

Answer 6

World- 23%

Vietnam- 11%

Question 7

Biomass provides what proportion of world and Vietnamese supplies?

Answer 7

World- 4%

Vietnam- 51% (non commercial)

Question 8

HEP provides what proportion of world and Vietnamese supplies?

Answer 8

World- 3%

Vietnam- 3%

Question 9

Give figures for the recent fluctuation in oil prices

Answer 9

2008- $140/barrel

2009/10- $40 (recession+ increased supply

Question 10

What is peak oil?

Answer 10

The point in time where the max rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which it enters terminal decline)

Question 11

Why is coal not sustainable?

Answer 11

Finite (200yrs) 
Pollution when burnt 
CO2 released
Socially- up to 3500 miners are killed each year in accidents in China
Not very energy dense

Question 12

Biomass potential of Vietnam?

Answer 12

Approximately 9000 GWh of electricity potential

Question 13

Secondary resources are being used. E.g.

Answer 13

33/43 sugar factories are generating electricity from bagasse (sugar cane residue)

Question 14

Give facts and concerns about the 3 Gorges Dam- China

Answer 14

• Worlds largest dam on Yangtze River
• over 1 mill people were displaced too land with infertile soil over 800m above sea level
• earthquakes may lead to seismic instability
• cost $70 billion

Question 15

During the 20th century energy demand increased-

Answer 15

10 fold worldwide

Question 16

Give 3 factors for increased energy consumption

Answer 16

• development-> car ownership
• globalised economy so goods and ppl transported by air and sea (food miles)
• manufacturing and construction industry growth

Question 17

In Vietnam, electricity supply has

Answer 17

Increased from 3000GWh to 72000!

(24 times!) since 1975

Question 18

China has passed USA to be the biggest consumer of energy but

Answer 18

Average American still burns 5times as much annually as the average Chinese citizen.

Question 19

UK consumption fact?

Answer 19

Households spend £1.3 billion/year on powering consumer electronics

Question 20

Why biofuel does Vietnam produce?

Answer 20

Biodiesel from catfish fat in the Mekong Delta

Question 21

How does India use solar power?

Answer 21

Barefoot solar engineers are trained to assemble install and maintain solar tech in rural villages in Rajasthan. They serve 100 000 homes in over 100 villages

Question 22

Example of leapfrogging

Answer 22

Pakistan’s Alternative Energy Board has launched solar systems for rural homes outside grid..
Household kits include solar panel, 2 LED lights, DC fan and TV socket

Question 23

Biogas in India

Answer 23

Used instead of wood for cooking

NGO ASTRA helped develop and install 4 mill plants and provide 200 000 jobs in rural India

Question 24

Fukushima impacts?

Answer 24

20km exclusion zone | Germany's nuclear plants will all be shut within 10 yrs

Question 25

France is the largest net exporter of nuclear power-

Answer 25

Over €3bill a year

Question 26

France derives

Answer 26

75% of its electricity from nuclear power

Question 27

A 2cm fuel rod can produce as much power as

Answer 27

1.5 tonnes of coal!

Question 28

By 2030 what sector will have the largest energy demand?

Answer 28

Industry (36%)

Question 29

Vietnam plans to-

Answer 29

Quadruple coal powered capacity by 2015 and build 17 new power stations by 2020 Increase electricity supply by large scale hydro to supply 34% by 2015 Build 2 to 4 nuclear plants on S coast

Question 30

Renewable Vietnam plans by 2020

Answer 30

- 12 000MW wind power - more than 800 small scale hydropower plants - 30 000 solar water systems

Question 31

Renewable potentials in Vietnam

Answer 31

Wind- long coastline, exceeds potential of Cambodia and Thailand Solar- 5000hrs sunshine/year Geothermal- more than 300 hit streams already recorded Wave- East Sea world class potential