ENGL 2655 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Marshall Islands, Low-Carbon Economy, Industry 4.0
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The per capita consumption is still far less in a developed country: unconventional sources. Oil sands = oil mixed with sand, they are mined instead of pumped. Oil shale = oil trapped between rock layers, the technology does not yet exist to extract this oil. Renewable energy: policy variables that create obstacles = societal barriers, vested interest, leadership. Clark et al reading: well-defined relation between cumulative emissions of co and gmsl . 2: human carbon footprint of about 470 pg c by 2000 (ref. Marshall islands: in bangladesh, some 17 percent of the land could be inundated by 2050, displacing about 18 million people. Ny time greenland article: greenland ice sheet, one of the biggest and fastest-melting chunks of ice on. Germany"s coal addiction: increased demand for coal because germany"s decision to decline nuclear energy, reached highest level in 2013 in 20 years, gets 25% of its energy from renewables.
