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Energy
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- 1How do political factors influence the global pattern of energy supply*Decisions to exploit energy resources, *Taxation/subsidy on types of energy resources, *Cartels restricting energy sales/increasing or decreasing prices, *Government policy regarding energy mix, *ENV legislation, *Wars, *International agreements
- 2How do physical factors influence the global pattern of energy supply*Remoteness, *Harshness of environment (extremes/rapid change), *Relief (Adv/Dis), *Geology (Adv/Dis), *Climate
- 3Why is renewable energy becoming more significant in meeting energy needs*Running out of fossil fuels - issues of energy security, *Issues of pollution relating to the use of fossil fuels, *Relative cost of energy, *Need for self sufficiency/energy security - issues of sustainability, *Developments in renewable technologies, *Increased awareness of nuclear energy, *To aid economic development e.g. create jobs, * *Political decisions/investment
- 4How does the exploitation of energy resources create conflicts with indigenous populations*Conflicts can be social, cultural and/or environmental (pollution), *Focus on specific events, *Focus on specific groups of people, *Consider nation/local differences, *Loss of land/buildings, *Civil conflict and corruption
- 5How does the exploitation of energy resources cause environmental problems*E.g. HEP/Wind turbines, *Env problems can be direct (open-cast mining) or indirect (pollution of water courses/oil spills), *Env problems can vary in scale, *Global scale issues: global warming, acid rain, *Local scale issues: waste tips, stream pollution.
- 6How can the exploitation of energy resourcesIncludes fuel exploitation, energy production and transportation, inc renewables, *Social opp's can be int broadly may inc obs about multipler effects, *Soc Opp's can be considered in terms of soc and socio-economic poss, *Choice of e.g. can be at any scale and this will dictate the type of opp considered.
- 7How do economic factors influence the global pattern of energy supply*Cost of exploitation/movement of resources
*Cost of generation/transmission
*Safety Costs
*Relative costs of different energy types
*Level of economic development
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