1. Energy availability Learning aim: Why is access to energy resources unevenly distributed?

2. This diagram shows that the distribution of the main fuels around the earth is uneven, with the middle east having a large share of oil and natural gas whilst Australia has a larger than normal share of uranium. Moreover the north America's and Canada have a larger share of the coal. Owen Harris

3. From this proportional circle map, we can see that North Eastern Russia has the highest natural supply of Natural Gas. Central Australia holds the highest stores of Uranium worldwide, Saudi has the highest amount of Oil deposits (Arabian peninsula) and the southern states of the USA (Texas, New Mexico) have the highest amount of Coal in the world. Russia is the only country in the world with a top ten deposit of each of the four non renewable sources situated within its borders. Lewis Wood

4. The map shows the link between the economic state that a country is in is relative to where the fossil fuel reserves are. An example of this is that the biggest consumer of energy resources is America who on the map have sites both above and below them in south America and Canada. They also have a lot of there own reserves therefore helping their economic growth as trading possibilities increases. Two more examples would be India and china who border the middle east which appears to be the richest in oil deposits therefore having influence over their rapid expansion in global terms. Neal Simmons

5. This map shows the distribution of oil, natural gas, coal and uranium deposits across the globe. The majority of oil comes from the middle eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia with a couple of smaller deposits in Russia, Africa and south America. Most of the natural gas comes from Russia, however there are many small deposits found in the middle eastern countries. Coal reserves are spread across the entire globe but the largest reserve is found in USA. Uranium is also found widely spread, but many of the uranium reserves are quite large, the largest being in Australia, and the second largest being found in Canada. David De La Pole

6. This map also links in the rapid consumption rates to the biggest players. It appears that un-surprisingly the northern hemisphere nations have the biggest consumption as they are considered the more developed therefore have the most expanded economy while also having the higher potential for trade. It is also a comparison worth considering that as the overall words consumption has increased beyond past rates so has the level of development within countries such as China who now are one of the biggest out putters of goods competing with another major player of America who as they consume 65% of the worlds oil are still the biggest consumers. Places like South America are surprising however as there increasing development consume very little. Neal Simmons

7. This map is illustrating how much of each resource members of the OECD use. You can notice that somewhere like North America uses a lot of each of the materials being the worlds largest user of oil 65 quadrillion BTU and nuclear energy 10.4 quadrillion BTU. Where as non- OECD countries use extremely large amounts of coal 111.3 quadrillion and very little nuclear energy. Dan Goodwin

8. This map shows how much of each resource different countries, some in the OECD and some not, consume. It illustrates that North America uses a lot of each of the materials, as it is the worlds largest user of oil and nuclear energy. For example it uses 65.0 Quadrillion Btu of oil compared to Africa using 101 QB of oil. Kay Harrison

9. This proportional circles map shows us the division worldwide of how many units of energy each continent is using and whether this correlates if they’re a OECD nation or not. It also allows us to see the projections for each continent over the coming 17 years. North America accounts for 65 quadrillion Btu’s of oil (projected 2030). Many would form the opinion that the OECD nations will use by far the most amount of energy, but the projections for non OECD Asia suggest that 111.3Btu’s of coal will be used. The emerging economies of China and India will help to boost the consumption figures of this area. We can also see that, the USA and Europe are evenly balanced between the resources they are using whereas the projections for non OECD Asia are imbalanced, showing a dependence on coal. Lewis Wood

10. This map shows the energy consumption per country of the main energy sources of coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear and other. the map shows that non OCED Asia has a very high energy consumption for oil and coal, whilst the African and Middle east countries consume a small amount of all, this is also repeated in south America, in stark contrast to the north American states, which consume the largest amount of oil in the world. The map also shows that the OCED Europe countries consume a higher amount of coal and natural gas than the other sources. Owen Harris

11. This highlights how much and where in a countries infrastructure energy is most used. For instance it can be seen that China use the most in the manufacturing due to their high level of output and rapidly increasing economy. A common theme is that all the continents use huge energy amounts on transport showing how much the population now rely on fuelled transport to live their every days. Neal Simmons

12. This map shows the energy consumption by sector in the time period from 1990 to 2005. With the countries OCED Europe, USA and Canada, Mexico, China, India, Brazil, South America, Russia. And the rest of the world. The map shows an increase in energy consumption overall for all countries involved, except Russia, whose consumption has dropped, there is also an increase in the transport consumption and the manufacturing consumption has risen for China and the rest of the world, the household consumption has also increased in all areas. Owen Harris

13. This map shows wave power levels around the world in kW/m. there are not many patterns as it is quite sporadic through the world. One patters you can see is that along the south around new Zealand and Chile there is a high wave power this may be due to long fetch meaning it can gain more energy. Also around the UK and Greenland there is high wave power of around 60-70 kw/m this may be due to more storms in the area. Chris Power

14. This map shows the different wave power levels around the world. The highest being 100 at the bottom of south America and a couple other places in the world. The lowest level is 10 along the west coast of Africa, and also along the north coast of south America. The United Kingdom has a high level of 70 along the north west coast. Kay Harrison

15. This map shows the distribution of solar energy in the world. Countries that lie on the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn have high amounts of solar irradiance in kWh/m squared, e.g peru, Saudi Arabia and Australia which receive 2200 to 2500 kWh/m squared, places further away from the equator receive less sunlight and so the supply of solar energy is less. Owen Harris

16. This map shows the distribution of proved oil reserves, oil consumption and oil extraction. The largest proved oil reserves are 742.7 bn in the Middle East compared to 40.5 bn in Asia and Pacific countries. The highest oil consumption is 24.8 in North America compared to the lowest of 2,5 in Africa. The highest oil extraction is 25.6 in Middle East compared to the lowest of 6.9 in Central and South America. Kay Harrison