Carbon- EQ2

Question 1

6 Things access to and consumption of energy depends on?

Answer 1

Physical availability
Cost
Technology
Public Perception
Level of economic development
Environmental priorities

Question 2

4 Energy players?

Answer 2

TNCs
OPEC
Consumers
Governments

Question 3

4 Energy pathways

Answer 3

Pipelines
Transmission lines
Shipping routes
Road & Rail

Question 4

4 Unconventional fossil fuel energy resources?

Answer 4

Tar sands
oil shale
Shale gas
Deep water oil

Question 5

3 Benefits of Tar sands?

Answer 5

Vast reserves
Energy security
Synthetic crude

Question 6

3 Costs of Tar Sands

Answer 6

High GHG emissions
Water intensive
Destruction of habitats

Question 7

3 Benefits of Shale Oil?

Answer 7

Domestic production
Scalable
Reduces imports

Question 8

2 Costs of Shale Oil?

Answer 8

Water Contamination
Destruction of habitats

Question 9

3 Benefits of Fracking?

Answer 9

Expands gas supply
Cleaner than coal
Infrastructure-ready

Question 10

3 Costs of Fracking?

Answer 10

Fracking risks
Methane emissions
High costs

Question 11

3 Benefits of Oil Shale?

Answer 11

Large Reserves
Long-term potential
Domestic energy

Question 12

4 Costs of Oil shale

Answer 12

Energy intensive
High Emissions
Destruction of habitats
Water contamination

Question 13

Shale Oil vs Oil Shale?

Answer 13

Shale Oil - Light crude in Shale rock, extracted via fracking
Oil Shale - Heating rocks to produce oil

Question 14

2 Benefits of nuclear?

Answer 14

Reliable base load
High efficiency

Question 15

4 Costs of Nuclear?

Answer 15

Power plant accidents
Waste storage & disposal
Rougue state/ Terrorist use of nuclear fuel for weapons
High construction costs

Question 16

Benefits of Wind?

Answer 16

Relatively cheap

Question 17

Issues with wind?

Answer 17

NIMBYism

Question 18

Benefit of Biofuels?

Answer 18

Easy to use (e.g 930,000 barrels in Brazil)

Question 19

2 Issues with biofuels?

Answer 19

Implication for food supply
May not be carbon neutral

Question 20

Benefits of HEP?

Answer 20

Large power potential

Question 21

2 Issues with HEP?

Answer 21

Unavailable in flat areas/ areas that lack rainfall
High construction costs

Question 22

Benefit of Tidal?

Answer 22

Could generate 2x more energy than solar

Question 23

2 Issues with Tidal?

Answer 23

Very Small currently (350MWh)
Not much investment

Question 24

2 Benefits of solar

Answer 24

Large power potential
Easy to install

Question 25

2 Costs of Solar?

Answer 25

Takes up space Decided by climatic conditions