1. - Intro to Energy & Society Unit -
Overview of Energy Use
- Intro to Energy & Society Unit -

2. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

3. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

4. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

5. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

6. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

7. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

8. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

9. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

10. Historic Energy Use
Energy Use
Time

11. Historic Energy Use
Industrial Revolution
Mid 1800’s
Energy Use
Time

12. Historic Energy Use Energy Use Time now Industrial Revolution
Mid 1800’s
Energy Use
Time

13. Historic Energy Use Energy Use Time now Industrial Revolution
Mid 1800’s
Energy Use
Time
Nomadic people  agriculture / settle down  machines  technology

14. Traditional Energy Sources

15. Traditional Energy Sources = fossil fuels

16. Traditional Energy Sources = fossil fuels
coal

17. Traditional Energy Sources = fossil fuels
oil
coal

18. Traditional Energy Sources = fossil fuels
oil
coal
natural gas

19. 2010 BP Oil Spill – Gulf of Mexico
Deep water drilling

20. 2010 BP Oil Spill – Gulf of Mexico
Deep water drilling
Explosion – broke a seal / pipe

21. 2010 BP Oil Spill – Gulf of Mexico
Deep water drilling
Explosion – broke a seal / pipe
35,000  60,000 barrels of oil / day leaked

22. 2010 BP Oil Spill – Gulf of Mexico
Deep water drilling
Explosion – broke a seal / pipe
35,000  60,000 barrels of oil / day leaked
Worst oil spill in America

23. Do this dangerous drilling because running out of easy-to-reach oil.

24. Do this dangerous drilling because running out of easy-to-reach oil.

25. Do this dangerous drilling because running out of easy-to-reach oil.

26. Do this dangerous drilling because running out of easy-to-reach oil.

27. Do this dangerous drilling because running out of easy-to-reach oil.
Worth the risk?

28. Do this dangerous drilling because running out of easy-to-reach oil.
2010 – 93% USA’s energy came from non-renewable sources
Worth the risk?

29. Clean up:
dispersants
booms
skimmers

30. What is energy?
Why do we need it?
Why is it constantly in the news?

31. What is energy?
Energy gives us the ability to ‘do stuff’

32. Why do we need it?

33. Why is it constantly in the news?

34. Think… Wind Turbines Read p. 217 Reflect & answer # 1, 2