Friday March 13

Energy Unit
Reading Guide for Chapter 14

Non-Renewable Resources:

• coal
• oil (petroleum)
• natural gas
• nuclear

For each of the above,

1. where do the resources come from?
2. how are the resources extracted?
3. how are the resources transported from point of extraction to point of use?
4. what are the issues associated with the transportation of the resource?
5. how are the resources prepared for use? 
6. what are the resources used for?
7. how are the resources disposed of?
8. what are the effects of resource disposal on
1. the atmosphere?
2. aquatic ecosystems?
3. terrestrial ecosystems?
4. human health?
9. what are the geo-political ramifications of resource acquisition and use?
10. what is the timeline for the past and future use of the resource?
11. what legislation governs the 
1. extraction
2. processing
3. transportation
4. use/disposal 

Warm-Up #5-2 (This is due on Friday 3/20, along with an article about one of the resources discussed in this chapter...

1. What is OPEC? 
1. what does OPEC stand for?
2. who are the OPEC member nations?
3. what is the goal of OPEC?
4. what is a production level?
5. what is the current production level established for each OPEC nation?
2. Use this website to look at current OPEC production values 
1. Click on the 2002 PDF, go to page 46 and create a table for the proven reserves of OPEC member nations for the 5 year period 1998-2002.
2. Click on the 2014 PDF, go to page 22 and create a table for the proven reserves of OPEC member nations for the 5 year period 2009-2013.
3. What trends do you notice?
4. How can you explain your observations?
5. How does this information relate to the current OPEC production levels?