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Energy Industry Environment Fundamentals

Subject : engineering
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1. Temperature readings at ground- based measuring stations reveal an average warming trend of about ____ degrees F since 1850 after adjusting for the urban heat island effect. About half of this warming has occurred since 1970 - which - t - many scient






2. About ___ % of the total human greenhouse impact is due to - methane






3. Man - made - It is estimated that CO2 accounts for about 60% of the anthropogenic (or human caused) greenhouse change known as the enhanced greenhouse effect






4. Along with high temperatures - many scientists expect that anthropogenic global warming will mean a more active water cycle and higher...






5. CO2 - H20 - & Methane let incoming sunlight though - but block some of the infrared energy radiated upward by the sunlight- warmed Earth






6. In US - 70% of man - made nitrous oxide emissions come from the use of ____________ agricultural fertilizers and automobile exhaust - Globally - fertilizers alone account for 70% of all emissions






7. Most often used in court. You _____ the jury (isolate them) so - they don't have outside influence






8. Takes ____ years for water to - recycle in spring






9. Earth's atmosphere is like the car's window like a Car - Sunlight passing through the car's window is absorbed by the interior - heating it and the air inside the car - Some of the heat passes pack through the windows - but some is reflected off the






10. Environmentalists use it as a tool to - try to - get companies to - not drill






11. May let solar energy in while keeping radiated energy from escaping into - space - Water vapor has a net warming effect






12. Means we capture CO2 when it comes out of smokestacks and put it back underground






13. Inefficiency is a waste and results in waste - and waste is pollution






14. 95% of Alaskan coastline is available for drilling






15. Human activity accounts for about ___% of methane emissions - while the rest comes from natural sources such as wetlands






16. - Created under joint sponsorship of the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Not itself a scientific research organization - Has 3 working groups that each issue a report every five years on the findings of the latest cl






17. Higher levels of CO2 increase the efficiency of ________ - and raise plant's water- use efficiency by closing the pores through which they loose moisture






18. Makes up 367 parts per million of our atmosphere - 95% comes from natural sources and the rest from human sources - Only 5% comes from human activities... snthropogenic (man made) - Very stable molecule and can last in the atmosphere for more than






19. Somebody's view of what something should be - When someone tries to - impose their opinion on you






20. The combustible part of the natural gas stream that we get out of the ground - It's 300x more heat- trapping than CO2...book says 25x more powerful a warming agent than CO2 - it has a much shorter life span and its atmospheric concentration is only a






21. Use on car exhaust systems was federally mandated in 1970 by the Clean Air Act - increase N2O emissions - though t - what extent is under debate. They point out that converters reduce emissions of another greenhouse gas - ozone - as well as carbon mo






22. For me to - win - you have to - lose






23. When you gain affluence - then you pollute more






24. 94% of the natural greenhouse effect comes from...






25. O The most common greenhouse gas - 94% of the natural greenhouse effect comes from water vapor






26. IPCC predicts that in the 21st century - increased water runoff in Greenland (from warming) will be offset by an ice buildup in ______ (from more precipitation)






27. The law is objective ...justice is subjective (we all have our own opinion)






28. Warming potential is 300x that of CO2 - Smog






29. Pour people only care about surviving - use inefficient technology






30. When there's n - private ownership - nobody cares about the resource (if its privately owned or not)...we just want the product






31. Addressing environmental problems requires that poverty be reduced. The problems in the Third world come not from a lack of government regulations - but from a lack of freedom t - create - own - trade - and sell property.