GEOG 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Synthetic Crude, Peak Oil, Butane

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 102
• Professor: Faran Ali

Document Summary

Definitions energy: ability or capacity to do work , required to keep biological processes running; basis for all life processes types: solar, chemical, heat, mechanical, electrical energy, . Primary energy: total requirements for all energy users, includes: i. End use energy" (used by the consumer) ii. energy for transformation (e. g. coal to electricity) iii. energy for transmission of electricity secondary energy: end use energy (e. g. , residential, commercial, industrial, transportation) Energy consumption canada: energy consumption per gdp has been declining, energy consumption has increased at a slower rate than gdp, conservation practices reduced energy intensity of the economy, canadian energy consumption: est. 2. 6% of global consumption: population is only 0. 5% of the world total energy consumption: ~12,000 pj. Peak oil: king hubbert, phd (1903 1989) geophysicist for shell oil and later the us geological survey professor at columbia, stanford & uc berkeley developer of peak oil concept.