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i.) Critical things that are used to attain a set goal.
ii.) Critical Items are items that change overtime.
Caveman:
--Water, Food, Fire
Industrial Societies:
--FossilFuels, Building Materials, Metals
Resources
--Materials from the Earth
--Non-renewable resources: (Can't be regenerated within a
lifetime; Average of 70 years |
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| Impacts of Critical Resources on Everyday Life |
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Increase in Oil Prices
1973 – Oil Embargo
==Gas Lines
== Increased Gas Prices
== Energy Crisis
== Recession
**We would probably never run out of gasoline**
**The ecosystem depends on energy source and flow** |
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Definition
The amount of energy we need has grown overtime.
History of the U.S energy use:
Wood---Coal---oil---Natural Gas
we switched from coal to oil because oil is cheap, cleaner and can be transported by pipelines. |
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Definition
Fossil Fuels (~80%)
Oil & Natural Gas
Coal
Oil Shales & Tar Sands
Nuclear (~10%)
Hydroelectric (3%)
Other Alternatives (6%)
(4 Nuclear power plants near Geneva) |
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| Fossil Fuels-- 82% Demand |
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Definition
Fossil:
Recognizable Remains of Past Life preserved as an impression, Cast, Mold, Outline, Track and or Body Part.
Types:
Marine Organic Matter:
== Hydrocarbons
== Oil & Natural Gas
Terrestrial Organic Matter:
== Coal (Natural Gas)
== Woody Tissue
Transformation:
== Decrease in Oxygen and Nitrogen
== Increase in Carbon |
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