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Energy use
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- 1Economic factorsaffluence and the ability to buy energy-using appliances, relative cost of energy and the disposable
income available to pay for it - 2Level and type of industryHeavy industry such as mining, ore processing and the chemical industry use a lot of energ
- 3Climatecold climate = increased use for heating
hot climate = increased use for air conditioning - 4social and environmental awarenesssome countries have high level of aware of the need to conserve energy and the benefits of doing so e.g Sweden
some countries have low awareness often caused by local avalibilty and affluence - 5changes in industry typedevelopment of primary industries such as mining leads to development of secondary industries such as manufacturing which uses less energy
Primary industry may decline due to depletion of resources or competition from other countries with cheaper labour costs
tertiary industries such as service use less energy - 6Changes in affluenceincrease in affluence usually increases per capita energy used as it allows purchase of energy using appliances and activities
- 7Population sizewill increase energy used even if there is no increase in per capita used
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- A level Environmental studies (unit 3 ) Flashcards on Energy use , created by spoopy Gonzalez on 26/04/2018.
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