Fossil Fuels

Question 1

Does LA have oil? Where?

Answer 1

Yes, at Venice Beach and la Brea

Question 2

Problems with increase in carbon in the atmosphere

Answer 2

Causing global temperatures to rise, the greenhouse effect

Question 3

Problems with Coal

Answer 3

-Coal is the primary cause of acid rain, impacts forests and freshwater lakes
-coal has various impacts on our health
-dirtiest fossil fuel

Question 4

How is oil refined into: Natural gas, gasoline, heating oil, diesel, asphalt

Answer 4

-to refine oil, the oil is heated up in a furnace to different grade oils (eg. diesel oil and gasoline), these grades are based on how much the oil is heated and how pure it is

Question 5

What is fracking? How is it done? What are the problems?

Answer 5

-fracking: the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into shale so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas
-debates over sustainability in fracking, can cause earthquakes, requires lots of water, can contaminate aquifers

Question 6

What is the price per barrel of WTI (Texas Sweet) oil today?

Answer 6

About $75

Question 7

Air Pollution in the US

Answer 7

automobiles ½ source of all air pollution: US. 275 million cars

Question 8

OPEC Nations (14) which ones are Democracies (13)?

Answer 8

OPEC Nations: Algeria, Angola, Congo, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, IR Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

Democracies: Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, IR Iran, Algeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, DRC, United Arab Emirates

Question 9

How much gasoline in the US comes from OPEC countries

Answer 9

11% of our gasoline use in USA comes
from OPEC