social science concepts
The idea that Americans have a requirement for cheap energy and that rising prices will bring about a backlash from the people that will lower the price of oil.
What is cheap energy populism?
Gasoline, wood for a stove, and electricity are examples of these — as opposed to primary energy sources, which are the natural resources taken from the earth
What are final fuel products?
A more potent greenhouse gas than CO2
What is methane?
The type of coal with the least carbon.
What is lignite?
One joule per second
What is a watt?
The idea that human civilization needs to stop having an economy where the growth imperative drives economic decision-making.
What is degrowth?
The flow of electricity through a conductor
What is electric current?
Amount of greenhouse gas emissions going into the atmosphere every year right now
What is 40Gt CO2 / 50Gt CO2e?
Fossil fuels represent this percentage of energy used globally.
What is 80%?
3.67 Gigatons of CO2
What is one gigaton of carbon?
Keeping it in the ground or divestment are examples of these energy transition strategies.
What are supply-side strategies?
Word the latest IPCC report used to describe the scientific certainty around anthropogenic global warming
What is "unequivocal"?
Powder River Basin
What is the main US coal producing region today?
Unit used to measure energy content of fuels
What is a Btu?
The idea that supply chains harbor environmental injustices, and that these are carried along in the supply chain.
What is embodied energy injustice?
The measure of useful energy in a closed system.
What is entropy?
2.7C - 3.1 C
What is the amount of warming that current pledges will lead us to?
These two techniques changes the US energy landscape.
What are horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing?
A reasonable figure for the electricity an average household might use in a year
What is 6000 - 11000 KWh?
Access to energy and type of cooking fuel used
What are the indicators used to measure energy poverty?
Type of life cycle assessment that just inventories materials and assigns them emissions
Two countries that have already reached net zero
What are Suriname and Bhutan?
Actor that holds 70% of proven oil reserves
What is OPEC?
An amount of energy a person might need annual to have a basic good life
What is 50-100 KWh per person per year? (What is 100 gigajoules per year?)