3.1 power blackout
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What would life be like without energy, how much do different countries use?TRANSCRIPT
3.1 Power BlackoutApril 10, 2023
NEWS ALERT. You have just found out that a hurricane is heading towards
Redbridge coming from Southend in 12 hours. The roads are blocked out of
Redbridge. The hurricane has sustained winds of 150 mph. What are
you going to do?
HINTS: What do you need? What would you want? What would be
destroyed / interrupted? How long will this last?
Where electricity is used What would happen in a power cut? What would you do?
lights
heating
cooking
water supply water pumps stop working
TV and radio
computers
refrigeration
street lights
traffic lights
shops closed if tills don't work
tube trains
cars and lorries pumps stop working
hospitalshave emergency systems but may
cancel appointments
schools
CountryMillions of tonnes of
CO2Tonnes per
personUSA 1447 5.37
China 918 0.76Russia 431 2.91Japan 319 2.54India 272 0.29
Germany 235 2.87UK 152 2.59
Canada 112 3.76Italy 110 1.92
France 99 1.69Australia 84 4.63
South Africa 80 1.88Brazil 75 0.46
Sierra Leone 1 0.08
To Answer…
1. The country with the highest emissions per person is …2. The non-G8 nation with the largest overall emissions is…3. (a) the G8 nation with the smallest emissions per person
is ...(b) This is smaller than the USA’s figure by almost a...
4. (a) the USA has the largest emissions per person due to the…(b) France has the lowest emissions per person because…
5. The countries that will contribute most to the increasing levels of CO2 over the next five years are… This is because…
6. Countries are willing to ratify the Kyoto protocol because…
Answers
1. The country with the highest emissions per person is …USA
2. The non-G8 nation with the largest overall emissions is…CHINA
3. (a) the G8 nation with the smallest emissions per person is ...FRANCE(b) This is smaller than the USA’s figure by almost a...THIRD
4. (a) the USA has the largest emissions per person due to the… use of big cars, highly industrialised, road haulage, coal plants(b) France has the lowest emissions per person because… use of nuclear power (80%), extensive rail network etc
Q5
• Developing nations: more users will be connected to electrical grids, industrial activity increase, not signed up to Kyoto.
• USA has no desire to curb emissions, already industrialised, large already so small proportional increase leads to large global increase
Homework
• Stick and then complete AP3.3.• Your task is to interview four people
(friends or family) to find out what they know about radioactive materials.
• Ask each of the five questions in turn and tick the boxes when they mention the particular points.
• If they mention other ideas not listed in the table write them down separately.