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Energy 3.4.1 - 3.4.7 - Coggle Diagram
Energy 3.4.1 - 3.4.7
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3.4.5 - Problems associated with extraction, transport and use of energy
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Investigating problems associated with the extraction, transport and use of energy
Economic
Costs of renewable alternatives and fossil fuels, money spent on energy transport via pipes on land and underwater
Globally widespread - regional pipelines are used globally for transportation - Russia to Germany in Nord Stream 1 & 2
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Canada to USA pipeline covers 4,860km transporting oil and gas across North America - Keystone pipelines
Political
Transportation of oil and gas across on land and underwater territory relies on international diplomacy and cooperation
Russia invading Ukraine in 2022 provoked Russia to end its supply to Europe via the Nord Stream 2, therefore countries that had not stored emergency fuel were in crisis - Germany - Germany stock bought from Russia what was on offer leaving the rest of western Europe to look for alternatives - OPEC took advantage and increased there prices - leaving nations like the UK and France to look to the USA for support
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Environmental
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Located in the Mississippi canyon, along the continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico - contaminated the coast of Louisiana, Alabama, Florida & Mississippi
April 20th 2010 - BP owned offshore oil station had a mechanical malfunction - the clean up workforce, released 1.4 million gallons of chemical dispersants in the GoM to reduce further environmental damage
The issue was a surge of natural gas blasted through a concrete core during extraction, resulting in 57,500 square miles of gas spills across the GoM waters
Technological
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Global issue, as electricity cannot be generated, therefore it fluctuates
Development of modern electricity to upgrade efficiency. Electrification of private sector. Automated management of elecricty demand on the consumption side
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Reduction of energy consumption can be solved with greater efficiency devices, reserving electric which decreases demand
Kiwi power is modern & expensive to sustain - therefore, its presence is only noticed in HIC's and possibly some MIC's
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