OIL SHALE
Oil is the major source of energy in the world. How many % does it make of the world's energy demands?
88%
Alongside coal and natural gas supply, oil takes the lead.
What kind of peat is there besides the peat briquettes?
Milling peat
What do Estonians and English people have in common?
It's always raining
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
As much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
What is the English meaning of the Estonian word "soo"?
Bog or swamp
What kind of health problems does oil shale production cause in Eastern Estonia?
Asthma, trauma, poisoning, up to 5 years shorter life expectancy etc
The human skin and peat have something in common
The ph level of skin is around 4,8 and ph level of peat is between 4-5
Are the drugs in water portable?
It depends :)
How much of the Estonian land is covered with forest?
Ca 50%
How can you pass the swamps one side to the other without expireing the existance?
Walk on the wooden path and follow the map
How much did the carbon emission per capita drop in Estonia after USSR fell? (1990-93)
ca 50%
How long does it take peat to grow 1 mm?
1000 years
Oil shale production
How much of Estonian forests are strictly under protection? (nature reservoirs)
ca 15%
Where does the Shrek live?
Acording to science we do not know that Shrek like swamp monsters actually exist.
Since 2019 oil shale took up more than 80% of Estonia's CO2 production. How much did oil shale production drop in 2019?
-15% (64%) and it's been dropping ever since...
What is the % of exported peat in Estonia?
90% of all the mined peat goes to export
How was the Covid-19 spreading noticed acording to read life?
Testing the sawage
if and where the virus is spreading
What is the avarage age of Estonian trees?
61 years.
The most common trees are:
oak (34%), brick(32%) and sprue (16%)
How big is the biggest swamp in Estonia?
The complex of Puhatu swamps 50 000 ha.
The biggest oil and gas companies/countries in the world according to revenue are ...
PetroChina (CN) (280bln), Sinopec (CN) (271bln), Saudi Aramco (SA)(229), BP (GB)(180bln)
What kind of climate peat needs to occur? (2)
Moist/ humid and Cool/chilly
How many springs are in Saaremaa?
Acording to google maps there are 3.
Bat and Siberian flying squirrel
Where is the closest swamp/pantano/padule from where we are now?
Via del Pantano is just 16,1km from walking distance. The actual one Padule di Fucecchio is 70km with a car from here.