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To classify natural resources and energy resources
l if
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d
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To analyze the relationship between energy consumption and economic development
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To examine the changing geography of energy production and consumption
Renewable resources
1. Critical zone resources
C b
Can be exploited to l it d t
exhaustion if not properly managed
2. Non‐critical zone resources
Not dependent of human activity but can be temporarily overused (water) or degraded
overused (water) or degraded (air)
Source: wiki
2006: world energy statistics (wiki)
This model is similar to Walter Rostow’s model of economic development economic development
Countries pass through different stages of energy use in their path to
use in their path to economic development
1 Pre‐industrial
1.
Pre‐industrial stage: stage:
energy ratio is less than 1
2 Industrial
2.
Industrial stage: stage:
energy ratio is greater than 1
3
industrial stage:
3. Post
Post industrial stage: energy ratio is less than 1 again BP Statistical Review of World
Energy 2007
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Carbon emissions
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Climate change
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Atmospheric pollution
Source: wiki
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BP Statistical Review of World Energy
◦ http://www.laohamutuk.org/Oil/LNG/Refs/014BPWorldEnergyReview/s
tatistical_review_full_report_slidepack_2007.pdf
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Geni: Global Energy Network
◦ http://www.geni.org/globalenergy
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Resources for the future: Resources Magazine
◦ includes
maps
includes maps
◦ http://www.rff.org/rff/News/Features/Global‐Energy‐
Resources‐Supplemental‐Material.cfm