Consuming Resources

Consuming Resources

1. Theories differences

   • Malthus
     • Food production would increase arithmetically as population increases exponentially.
     • High pop. would outstrip the food supply resulting to famine and conflict over food
       • Famines eg. Africa
   • Boserup
     • Food production could keep pace with the pop.
       • New ways of farming
     • 'Necessity is the mother of invention'
       • Technology eg. Gm crops would be introduced to feed the rising pop. so that they wouldn't starve
   • Malthus was wrong and Boserup was right as food increased rapidly

2. Describe 2 trends in global oil production

   • The rate of growth slowed over time
   • N.am oil production has stayed stable between 1965 and 2010 with around 500 - 550.
   • Referring to this graph

3. Disadvantages of renewable resources

   • Wind and solar energy are weary sustainable but are very expensive
   • Not as efficient as NRR
   • Requires a lot of land to generate energy
   • Wind energy is very unreliable

4. National and local government policies

   • Local Government
     • Encourage schools to teach children about resource consumption, which will encourage more families to recycle or composition.
     • Posters to inform people about resource consumption
     • Switch it off campaigns
       • People are strongly encouraged to turn switches off from a certain time
       • Can also be nationally
   • National
     • Increase car taxes, reduces the no. of car owners as cars won't be as affordable.
     • Conservation
       • Prevention of fossil fuel usage

5. Consumption of oil fairies from different places

   • America - rich
     • A lot of money, to get access to a lot of oil
     • Needs more energy due to a high population
     • It only has 5% of the worlds pop. but consumes 20% of the worlds oil
       • Has enough cars for nearly every person in USA, so the oil used would be significantly high.
   • Bangladesh - poor
     • Can't afford to import the oil across
       • Therefore there is very limited use of oil
     • Doesn't have the material or ground to dig up oil. So they would have to import oil across

6. Possible result of food required exceeding food produced

   • Due to shortages of food the pop. will collapse
   • There could be a rise in food prices as there is more demand in food.
   • There could be conflict be between countries over foodU

7. Likely there will be more pressure on energy supplies. Why?

   • Shortage of food
     • Causing prices to rise as there is more demand for supply
     • This global economic growth
   • Changing International Relations
     • Lead to rising demand in resource industrialisation eg. China
       • Keeping fossil fuels rather than exporting the due to little amounts of resources around

8. Ways in which technology can fix problems of declining resources

   • Gm crops developed, resistant to certain pests and developed to grow in areas of harsh dry climates eg. Abu Dhabi
   • The hydro-cars in California only runs on water and doesn't give of any greenhouse gasses
   • Google 9200 solar panels in California, provides 30% of their electricity, so they are reducing the amount of fossil fuels being used.
   • Natural history museum in California use natural light and no electrical lights are needed- less demand for energy.
   • Natural history museum has natural insulation from roof, no need for insulation
     • No need for heaters, reducing the fossil fuel consumption being used in california

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