Energy Consumption and Sustainability: A Global Perspective, Quizzes of Economics

Download Energy Consumption and Sustainability: A Global Perspective and more Quizzes Economics in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 20% DEFINITION 1 ____% of all the earth's people consume 75% of the energy available TERM 2 75% DEFINITION 2 Out of all the energy in the world that could be used to make other countries more advanced the U.S. consumes ___% while other countries only consume 20% TERM 3 300 years supply DEFINITION 3 How long of a coal supply does china have TERM 4 3000 year supply DEFINITION 4 How many year supply of coal does the United States have TERM 5 renewable resources DEFINITION 5 Oil and natural gas are not TERM 6 Increase levels of CO2 DEFINITION 6 Growth of population contributes to TERM 7 50 DEFINITION 7 Four people can emit ____ tons of CO2 a year TERM 8 25 DEFINITION 8 Carbon footprint in tons ofCO2 produced bya car TERM 9 20 DEFINITION 9 Carbon Footprint in tons ofCO2 produced by anappliances TERM 10 5 DEFINITION 10 Carbon Footprint in tons of CO2 produced by food TERM 21 Formation of Oil DEFINITION 21 Solar energy used to break down matter marine or organic matter settles and decays sediments buried and compressed Pressure + heat further compresses the matter Over a million year process TERM 22 Because of the embargo between Israel, Egypt and syria DEFINITION 22 Why is the cost of oil so high now TERM 23 2/3 of all the oil DEFINITION 23 How many barrels of oil come from the middle eastThe U.S. only produces 4% TERM 24 Went up early but lately has leveled off at 54% DEFINITION 24 The oil Import trend in america TERM 25 Low taxes in the U.S. Subsides from the US government DEFINITION 25 Reasons for the price of gas in the US TERM 26 Cost that we dont consider DEFINITION 26 Military cost associated with oil trade in the Middle East Military cost in billions comes out to 50 billion a year before GW11 TERM 27 Tires DEFINITION 27 What can be recycled for oil