The Energy debate....

2. Do fossil fuels have a future? Discuss

3. Why do we need energy resources?
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels?
5. What does this table show? What are the implications of this data?
Energy source Cost (pence per kilowatt hour)
Gas 2.5p
Coal 3.2p
Nuclear 4.2p
Onshore wind 4.2p
Offshore wind 5.1p
Wave and tidal 14p
Solar 45p

6. What does the graph show?What does this show us when we compare energy sources
today and in the future?
7. Energy use in different countries. Why does the USA produce so much CO? And Chad so
little CO?Why has UK slipped to 7
th
place and China moved up to 2
nd
place?
8. The Nuclear debate....
a) What are the advantages and disadvantages of using nuclear power?
b) What happened at Chernobyl?
1. What is the message
from this cartoon?

Country Tonnes of CO % of World
population
World emitter of CO
(rank order)
Chad No data available No data available
China
India
Tanzania No data available No data available
UK
USA





Country Tonnes of CO % of World
population
World emitter of CO
(rank order)
Chad No data available No data available
China
India
Tanzania No data available No data available
UK
USA