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Energy conflicts
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- 1What is energy surplusHaving enough/more energy within a country to support it.
- 2What is physical risk to energy security?Exhaustion of reserves, or disruption of supply lines by natural hazards
- 3What is economic risk to energy security?Sudden rise in the cost of energy, or increased reliance on foreign imports
- 4What is environmental risk to energy security?Protests about environmental damage leading to government action
- 5What is geopolitical risk to energy security?Political instability in energy producing regions e.g. Middle East, or conflict over ownership of the resource e.g. Arctic
- 6What is the energy security index?An index which attempts to assess the extent to which a country's energy supply is at risk. Scored out of 10, the higher the score the lower the security risk
- 7What is energy security?The extent to which a reliable and affordable energy supply can be reached.
- 8What is energy consumption?The availability and use of energy
- 9What are fossil fuels?Hydrocarbon's in the earths crust, usually millions of years old. They release heat and carbon dioxide when burnt.
- 10What are renewable energy sources?Energy sources that are limitless due to natural regeneration of resources
- 11What is primary energy?The energy found in natural resources e.g. coal, wind, uranium.
- 12What is secondary energy?Primary energy that has been converted into electricity
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- Flashcards on Energy conflicts, created by chantellelouise1 on 08/02/2014.
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