Global Energy Supply & Demand Flashcards

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What is energy insecurity?

Not being able to access affordable and reliable energy supplies / a lack of energy.

What is an energy surplus?

When a country's energy supply is greater than its demand, giving energy security.

Give three reasons for rising global energy consumption.

Economic development, rising population and technology.

True or false? Energy consumption per person is generally higher in HICs than in LICs.

True. HICs have more industry, transport and energy-consuming devices in homes.

Give one way economic development leads to increased energy consumption.

Countries use more energy as they industrialise, because manufacturing industry uses a lot of energy.

Why is energy production unevenly spread around the world?

Energy resources such as fossil fuels are unevenly distributed, and not every country has the money or technology to exploit the resources it does have.