Starter: Which countries do you think have energy security and which don’t?

What factors determine whether a country is secure or not?

Start of Enquiry Question 2Title: Energy Security

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New key terms for your glossaries

Energy security:

Access to reliable and affordable sources of energy. Areas or countries which have surplus energy (Russia) are said to be energy secure. Those with an energy deficit (USA) suffer energy insecurity.

Energy mix:

The combination of different available energy sources used to meet a country’s total energy demand.

Energy intensity:

A measure of how efficiently a country is using its energy. It is calculated as units of energy used per unit of gross domestic product (GDP). A high energy intensity indicates a high price or cost of converting energy into GDP.

(It is generally recognised that energy intensity decreases with economic development: energy is used more efficiently and so the cost of GDP becomes less.)

Where do you think energy intensity is a limiting factor?

Can you guess the definitions for 1) energy security, 2) energy mix and 3) energy intensity?

Dependency;

wastefulness; lack of

fossil fuel supply (energy

insecurity)

Huge surplus;

inefficient use;

energy as a political

weapon?

Rapidly growing demand;

use of pollution sources

such as high sulphur coal;

health impacts; impact on

global fossil fuel prices

Energy poverty;

dependency on foreign

TNCs to exploit supply

(Nigeria, Sudan)

Supply security; role

of unstable regions in

fossil fuel supply;

link between nuclear

power and weapons.

Reserves; questions of

developing these in the

Arctic, Antarctic and other

sensitive areas

Task: On your blank world map, annotate the global situation of Energy Security.

Factors affecting energy security

Copy the mind map from page 96 (shown below) then extend it to show how these can affect our access to energy (using the text on pages 96 and 97).

Per Capita energy

consumption

Physical availability

Cost

Standard of living

Environmental priorities

Climate

Public perceptions

Economic development

Technology

This should take you about 15 minutes.

Finished early?Produce a quick sketch to help you explain energy pathways and players.

Energy Mix and Consumption- Case Studies: USA v. France

Read page 98 on the ‘Energy portraits of the USA and France’. Then using the graphs provided, create a fact-file comparing the two.

Include:

- detailed analyses of your graphs

- Main differences in energy mixes

- Dependency on imported supplies (and reasons for these)

Graphs to include:

• Energy mix of each country

• Population figures

• Availability of energy sources

Energy use per capita

Primary energy use (before transformation to other end-use fuels) in kilograms of oil equivalent, per capita.

• https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:FRA:DEU:GBR&hl=en&dl=en#!ctype=l&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=h&met_y=eg_use_comm_fo_zs&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=region&idim=country:FRA:USA&ifdim=region&hl=en_US&dl=en&ind=false

Homework- using table 5.2 on page 99

Draw a diagram to show the different key players in energy, how they interact and how much power they have.