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Uneven access & consumption of resources
Uneven access & consumption of resources
1. Uneven Access
• Different countries have different levels of access to natural resources.
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Where are the natural resources?
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What patterns does this show? What does this produce? Video
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Algeria siege: 'I wore a necklace bomb'
• Jan 2013.• 800 hostages.• 685 Algerias freed.• 107 foreigners freed.• 39 foreign hostages killed when Algerian
special forces raided the site.
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BP Deep Water Horizon oil spill
• Access to oil under water is hard and involves a huge capital investment to get it.
• BP Deep Water Horizon. 20 April 2010. 87 days it leaked. 4.9 million barrels leaked into Gulf of Mexico.
• Watch from 1.37 here
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2. Uneven Consumption
• Different countries have different consumption patterns of resources.
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Match the country to the current number of thousand barrels of oil used a day
World 8,625Russia 84,077USA 941Australia 18,686China 2,695
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Consumption (Unequal shares)
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Consumption (Unequal shares)
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Why is there uneven access and consumption of energy resources?
• Factors that influence the access and consumption (PCTPU);
1. Physical factors a. Geology b. Location
2. Cost3. Technology Video here
4. Public Perception This results in energy surplus and energy poverty
countries.
Turn to p14 in Parrot book
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Energy Poverty in Ethiopia
• Watch the video here to see what has happened in Ethiopia.
• How does this energy poverty country suffer in a way we don’t?
• How has the new technology socially changed their lives?
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TASK
1. You need to use the four main headings (Physical factors, Cost & Technology, Public Perception) to produce a poster to explain how that factors has influenced availability of energy.
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