Geography-Carbon Flashcards
(8 cards)
What are the energy mix of the UK in 2012?
- Gas-40%
- Oil-32.5%
- Coal-12%
- Nuclear-9%
- Other renewables-4%
What were the energy mix for Norway in 2010?
- Hydropower-40%
- Oil-33.5%
- Gas-20%
- Biomass-5%
- Coal-< 1.5%
- Renewables-< 0.5%
When did the USA start fracking?
What benefits and negatives has fracking caused for the United States?
The United States of America has been fracking extensively for shale gas since 2005.
It had reduced the price of natural gas by 47% after the fracking revolution in 2013.However US fracking had generated 3 billion gallons of waste water in 2014.
When did brazil discover oil reserves in lapa area?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of the Lapa deep water Oilfield
Brazil discovered the lapa deep water oilfield in 2007.
It is expected that the Lapa field will increase production from 25000 barrels of oil per day to 60000 barrels per day.However oil spills can harm marine life and pollute the environment.
Fact about Canada’s tar sands
What are the benefits and drawbacks of Canada’s tar sands?
Canada is thought to have the world’s largest reserves of tar sands.
the benefit od canada’s tar sand is that it will provide high skilled jobs to the canadian people and improve the local economy.
The drawback of Canada’s tar sand is that the indigenous people will have to move in order for the pipes to be installed.
What are the benefits of using wind power?What type of technique is it?
How has the Hornsea project 1 benefited the area?
- The benefits of using wind power are environmentally clean,creates jobs,cost effective. It is a mitigation technique.
- The benefit of the hornsea project 1 is that it has a capacity to generate 1.2 GW of electricity which can power up over 1 million homes.
What are the drawbacks of wind power?
Give an example of a drawback of the Hornsea project 1?
The drawbacks of wind power are visually pollution,land or sea needed and only runs when wind is at a certain speed.
An example of the Hornsea project 1 it affects marine animals as well as birds due to the turbines posing a risk of killing the birds in the way and marine animals may be distrubed from the underwater noise from the turbines.
