2. Growing global demand for energy
• Consumption V Demand
• UK Winter fuel allowance Lord Sugar
• Sources of demand
• Rising consumption Video from 8.00
• Future Trends
• Energy poverty in the
UK and India
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3. CASE STUDY: China’s energy demand
and insecurity
• Watch this video to see what is
happening in China and why.
• Great Wall Motor Co, here (from 1.35)
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4. Where china will get its energy from?
China’s energy consumption
This projection from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows
that China’s energy consumption could nearly double in the next twenty
years, and virtually all of this new energy will come from coal.
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5. Your Turn
• Using p17-21 in the Parrot book research into China’s
– demand for energy and
– its energy security.
• You will need to examine how energy demand is
growing at regional and local scales and produce a
poster (A3) that shows this.
• What are the trends in the global energy supply and
demand by;
– Source (e.g. Oil, wind, etc.)
– type of economy (NIC for China)
– economic sector (industry, residential, transportation, etc.)
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