§3.2 World: The transition to sustainable energy sources

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Chapter 3: Energy transition

§3.2  World: The transition to sustainable energy sources

goals

- You know what the most important traditional energy sources are and you know that the energy consumption per capita and the carbon footprint increased explosively for years.

- You understand why traditional energy sources are not sustainable and why an energy transition is needed.

- You can use a cross-section to decide whether natural gas and crude oil extractions are possible with conventional techniques.

Historische groei zonnepanelen op woningdaken. NOS.nl, 27-01-2023

Non-renewable energy sources. :

• fossil fuels
• shale gas 
• Nuclear energy? potential lack of uranium

 renewable energy sources

• solar energy
• wind energy
• hydro- electricity
• Biomass
• Bio-ethanol

Wat is energietransitie?

correct words: Is there would be no natural/enhanced greenhouse effect earth would be too: warm/cold

1. enhanced cold
2. enhanced warm
3. natural cold
4. natural warm

natural greenhouse effect

enhanced greenhouse effect

water vapour via evaporation 

Carbon dioxide from decomposition of organic material

Methane from swamps and peats

Why is this glacier wrapped in a white cloth?

1. It has the same color as the glacier itself and the effect is better.
2. White reflects sunlight so the glacier below doesn't melt.
3. White absorbs, so the cloth heats up and the glacier underneath doesn't melt.
4. So that the people cannot walk directly on the glacier and it does not melt quickly

1: The richest 1 percent of the population emits as much co2 as the poorest half of the world's population.
2: Due to the warming of the sea, the Netherlands has to deal with more heavy rainfall.

1. 1 and 2 are true
2. 1 and 2 are not true
3. 1 is true, 2 is not true
4. 1 is not true, 2 is true

Traditional energy sources

Fossil fuels: old plant or animal materials

-coal 

-oil 

-gas

Major downsides: 

-they will run out

-they emit a lot of greenhouse gasses

Traditional energy sources

•  Conventional gas and oil: olil and gas which is easily accesible
• sometimes you have to work a bit harder to get oil and gas out of the ground: tar sand and shale gas
• This makes this oil or gas more expensive
• Nuclear energy:upside: does not emit greenhouse gasses, downside: if it goes wrong....

Transition to renewable energy

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• For years our ecological footprint has been rising due to growing prosperity worldwide and a growing population on the planet
• This made it clear we need to stop using traditional fossil fuel and move towards renewable energy sources> energy transition

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Would you be in favour of having nuclear energy in the Netherlands?

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Fossil energy

Renewable energy

moving water

coal

gas

Windenergy

Solar energy

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