Natural gas is currently the second most important source of energy for Europe, meeting around 25% of primary energy needs, forecast to rise towards 30% by 2020. Although gas demand is growing in all sectors of the economy, it is particularly strong in power generation, because when it is used instead of other fossil fuels, CO2 emissions are lowered significantly and other pollutants are much less. Natural gas is expected to almost double by 2020. In cost analysis of industrial processes,…
History Speech – Coal Seam Gas Introduction: (Intro to CSG/What are the two sides?) Good morning, I am here to advise you on the coal seam gas development and the issues surrounding it. Now what, what is Coal seam gas. Well coal seam gas also commonly known as CSG is a natural gas that is produced and trapped underground by water and ground pressure. The gas is harvested and extracted by drilling vertically into the ground, until a gas deposit is reached. The suppliers of CSG earns millions…
Vanessa Hernandez Timothy Wood, Political Communication October 1st, 2017 Reading Response I Jürgen Habermas, proposed in his 1962 article, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, his epic idea of a “single dominant public sphere” where citizens gather in order to debate “common concern.” Due to the inevitability of marginalization, the realities of human nature, and the illusory ideal that citizens are equipped with the necessary knowledge to rationally…
Maule Earthquake One of the largest Earthquakes in the world occurred on February 27, 2010. This Earthquake, known as the Maule Earthquake, took place on the offshore of Bio-Bio Chile with a magnitude of 8.8 (“Aftershocks of Chilean Earthquake”). Even with all the damage and destruction caused by the earthquake, the offshore of Bio-Bio, Chile was in for more destruction by the tsunami that shortly followed Maule Earthquake. As a result, Chile was impacted by the earthquake politically,…
Presently, the Portuguese intelligence panorama is constituted by the Portuguese Republic Intelligence System (SIRP), which integrates two autonomous intelligence services with independent capabilities both coordinated by the key figure of the Secretary General. According to SIRP , the Sistema de Informações da República Portuguesa or the Portuguese Republic Intelligence System (SIRP) it was established in 1984 as above mentioned, envisioning three intelligence services: Defence and Strategic…
energy. Fossil fuels are defined as a natural fuel, such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. Renewable energy is defined as energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power. Fossil fuels and renewable energy both provide energy in the form of electricity, however these different forms come at different costs. Whether those costs be environmentally or financially, both sides have their positives and negatives. We…
and balance, that is to ensure that public authorities do not act in excess of their powers vested in them by the constitution. Furthermore, in judicial review it is always the legality of the decision that is explored by the courts. The court has to investigate as to whether there was lawful and fair action taken by the public body when reaching its decision. Thus the principle of judicial review vests the power in US Supreme court to review legislative acts and declare such conflicting acts…
What is democracy? Democracy can be defined as the system of government in which the ruling power of a state is legally vested, not in any particular population group or class, but in the people. Abraham Lincoln(President of the United States of America 1861-1865), said that democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people. The word democracy comes from the Greek word demos and knatia, in other words rule by people meaning all citizens in the city state Athens. Democracy thus…
CONCEPT OF SEPARATION OF POWER The doctrine of separation of power is a vital principle in constitutional law. Basically, doctrine of separation of power deals with the mutual relations among the 3 organs of the state which are executive, legislature and judiciary. This doctrine can be traced back to Aristotle which classified the functions and the power of the states into 3 categories named continuous executive power, discontinuous legislative power and federal power. The clearest explanation…
government power, which is giving the people the will to choose a leader through an election to be governed by these leaders chosen. The word popular came about in the early 15th century, which was directly derived from the Latin word popularis meaning belonging to the people, general or common. The name sovereignty on the other hand hailed from the mid-14th century resulting from the Anglo- French sovereynete, Old French souverainete, from souverain meaning authority, rule, and supremacy of…