Name: Tarek Arabi Elmasri
Candidate number: 3054
Centre number: 11255
Centre name: Westminster Academy
Unit: 90353-Controlled Assessment Task 2
Topic: Energy in the 21st century
Geographical issue: “What are the environmental effects of using natural resources as sources of energy?”
Introduction
What are the environmental effects of using natural resources as sources of energy?
In this investigation, I will be explaining the environmental consequences of energy production/consumption, energy production near the Great Barrier Reef and answering the question: should new mining be allowed in Queensland in Australia?
Definitions:
Natural resource: materials or substances occurring in nature which can be exploited for economic gain. …show more content…
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/what-environmental-damage
The environmental consequences of energy production/consumption
Figure 1- map showing worldwide energy consumption in 2008
Ref- geography: an integrated approach (Waugh, 2008)
Figure 2 - Map showing worldwide energy production in 2002
Ref: AQA AS Geography Textbook (Smith and Krill, 2008)
Figure 3: Total amount of carbon dioxide released in the world by burning fossil fuels
Reference: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Observing/obs_3.php Overall, levels of CO2 have risen by over 100 parts per million over the past 200 years. Between 1750 and 1850, CO2 levels rose from 276 parts per million to 286 parts per million. Between 1850 and 1950, CO2 levels rose from 286 parts per million to 315 parts per million and from 1950 to 2000, CO2 levels rapidly increased from 315 parts per million to 363 parts per …show more content…
Estimates show that 1,200 people in the US still die from black lung disease annually. The situation in developing countries is even worse.
• Cardiopulmonary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, lung disease, and kidney disease have been found in higher-than-normal rates among residents who live near coal mines, according to a 2001 US study.
• Toxic levels of arsenic, fluorine, mercury, and selenium are emitted by coal fires, entering the air and the food chain of those living nearby.
• Mine collapses and accidents kill thousands of workers around the world every year. Chinese coal mine accidents killed 4,700 people in 2006.
Reference: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/coal/Mining-impacts/
Damage that could be caused to Great Barrier Reef by exporting coal by
Candidate number: 3054
Centre number: 11255
Centre name: Westminster Academy
Unit: 90353-Controlled Assessment Task 2
Topic: Energy in the 21st century
Geographical issue: “What are the environmental effects of using natural resources as sources of energy?”
Introduction
What are the environmental effects of using natural resources as sources of energy?
In this investigation, I will be explaining the environmental consequences of energy production/consumption, energy production near the Great Barrier Reef and answering the question: should new mining be allowed in Queensland in Australia?
Definitions:
Natural resource: materials or substances occurring in nature which can be exploited for economic gain. …show more content…
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/what-environmental-damage
The environmental consequences of energy production/consumption
Figure 1- map showing worldwide energy consumption in 2008
Ref- geography: an integrated approach (Waugh, 2008)
Figure 2 - Map showing worldwide energy production in 2002
Ref: AQA AS Geography Textbook (Smith and Krill, 2008)
Figure 3: Total amount of carbon dioxide released in the world by burning fossil fuels
Reference: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Observing/obs_3.php Overall, levels of CO2 have risen by over 100 parts per million over the past 200 years. Between 1750 and 1850, CO2 levels rose from 276 parts per million to 286 parts per million. Between 1850 and 1950, CO2 levels rose from 286 parts per million to 315 parts per million and from 1950 to 2000, CO2 levels rapidly increased from 315 parts per million to 363 parts per …show more content…
Estimates show that 1,200 people in the US still die from black lung disease annually. The situation in developing countries is even worse.
• Cardiopulmonary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, lung disease, and kidney disease have been found in higher-than-normal rates among residents who live near coal mines, according to a 2001 US study.
• Toxic levels of arsenic, fluorine, mercury, and selenium are emitted by coal fires, entering the air and the food chain of those living nearby.
• Mine collapses and accidents kill thousands of workers around the world every year. Chinese coal mine accidents killed 4,700 people in 2006.
Reference: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/coal/Mining-impacts/
Damage that could be caused to Great Barrier Reef by exporting coal by