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61 Cards in this Set
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How many of the 98 oil producing countries have passed Peak Oil Production |
64 |
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When did peak oil discovery occur? |
In the 1960s |
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According to the International Energy Agency, when was peak oil production first thought to have occurred? |
In 2006 |
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When was the Hubbert Curve drawn? |
1956 |
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When did the Hubbert Curve predict Peak Oil Production to occur? |
Around 2006 |
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What percentage of global primary energy demand do fossil fuels supply? |
85% |
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What percentage of global primary energy demand does oil supply? |
37% |
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How many barrels of oil does the world consume per day? |
93 million |
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What year did the price of petrol in the UK rise over £1 per litre? |
2007 |
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What percentage of the gas the EU consumes now comes from Russia? |
30% |
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When did Russia invade Crimea? |
March 2014 |
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What percentage of the EU's energy supply comes from gas? |
24% |
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How much of global gas does Russia produce? |
20% |
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How much of Russia's GDP does gas account for? |
10% |
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How much of the EU's gas consumption is controlled by Gazprom? |
30% |
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How long could just 1/10 of the shale gas under Britain supply our gas needs for? |
40 years |
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How many wells would be required to access this 10% of shale gas? |
100,000 |
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What percentage of global primary energy demand does nuclear power currently supply? |
6% |
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What % of global electricity demand does nuclear power supply? |
14% |
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What year did Chernobyl nuclear power plant explode? |
1986 |
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How many deaths were estimated to be linked to the Chernobyl disaster by 2050? However, what did a UN report in 2005 state? |
93,000, but the report stated that less than 65 people have dies as a result of Chernobyl |
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What percentage of cancers from contaminated milk were treated after the Chernobyl nuclear power explosion? |
99% |
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What did the UK government approve in 2009? |
10 nuclear power plants, operational by 2030 |
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When should Hinkley Point C in Somerset open? |
2023 |
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How much will the construction of Hinkley Point C cost? |
£24.5 billion |
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What percentage of UK electricity will Hinkley Point C produce? |
7% |
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What year did the Fukushima nuclear power plant explode? |
2011 |
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What did the Fukushima disaster get on the International Nuclear Event scale? |
7 |
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What size radius around the Fukushima nuclear power plant was evacuated? |
A 20km radius |
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How many deaths from radiation dos Fukushima cause? |
0 |
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How many deaths from radiation is the Fukushima disaster expected to cause? |
0/few |
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What year will Germany close all nuclear reactors by? |
2022 |
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How many motor vehicles were there in the world as of 2010? What year is this figure set to double by? |
Over 1 billion, set to double by 2020 |
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Since 2010, what percentage of our transport fuel in Britain is biofuel? |
At least 5% |
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What is the EU target for % biofuel in transport fuel? |
10% by 2020 |
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How much more carbon can some rapeseed biofuels produce than fossil fuels? |
50% |
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How much less energy do energy saving light bulbs use than traditional bulbs? |
75% |
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How much energy do some power stations in Britain waste? |
2/3 of the energy we put into them |
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How efficient, on average, are the power plants that we currently use? |
Only 38% |
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How efficient are CHP power plants? |
Up to 95% |
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What percentage of the UK's electricity capacity comes from peaking power stations? |
10% |
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How much could the average medium-sized business generate per year in revenue from participating in the KiWi Power programme? |
£20,000 |
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How often in peaking power used in the UK? |
During less than 1% of any given year |
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How much is global energy demand predicted to grow by? |
45% between now and 2035 |
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What percentage of the growth in energy demand will developing countries be responsible for? |
95% |
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What percentage of the growth in global energy demand will China and India alone account for? |
50% |
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What year did China overtake the U.S. as the world's largest energy consumer? |
2010 |
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How fast has China's economy grown? |
At an average rate of around 10% in the past 10 years |
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How many cars did the Chinese buy in 2014? |
17 million |
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What percentage of global car sales in 2014 did Chinese buyers account for? |
25% |
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How much does the average UK household spend per year powering appliances left on standby mode? |
Up to £80 |
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How many smartphones did phone users in China and India buy in 2014? |
500 million |
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How many people still rely on traditional biomass fuels in LEDCs? |
2.5 billion |
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What percentage of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on traditional biomass fuels? |
Over 90% |
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What is the population growth in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
2.3% per year |
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What was the population of sub-Saharan Africa in 2013? |
936 million |
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What is the UN prediction for the population of sub-Saharan Africa in 2050? |
1.5 billion people |
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How many deaths per year are caused by lung disease from inhaling smoke from indoor cooking? |
About 1.3 million |
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What is the average fuel wood load in sub-Saharan Africa? |
20kg |
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How much less fuel wood do rocket stoves use? |
Over 50% |
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How much less carbon monoxide do rocket stoves produce? How much less particulates? |
80% less carbon monoxide and 65% less particulates |
