Energy Issues
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| Bio-fuel | Crops grown for fuel
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| Combined Heat and Power (CHP) | power stations that produce eletricity and which also use their surplus heat either by recycling it, or piping it off to local homes so that it is not wasted.
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| Energy dependency | the level of energy imports as a proportion of total energy consumption. The higher the proportion of energy imports, the more energy dependent the country is on others.
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| Energy efficiency | The balance between the amount of energy used and that lost, e.g. up chimneys of power stations.
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| Energy gap | The difference between energy supply and demand.
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| Energy mix | Primary energy sources (e.g. coal, wood, oil, gas) used to meet demand.
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| Energy pathway | Refers to the flow of energy between producer and consumer.
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| Energy poverty | Having less energy than is required to meet demand.
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| Energy security | Means having access to reliable and affordable sources of energy.
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| Energy deficit | Means having insufficient energy to meet demand.
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| Energy surplus | Having more energy available than is required to meet demand.
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| Flow resource | Infinite, continuous energy sources which can be constantly renewed.
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| Fossil fuel | Fuel produced over millions of years from the breakdown of organic material, e.g. wood into coal.
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| Geopolitics | The study of the ways in which political decisions and processes affect the way space and resources are used. It is the relationship between geography, economics and politics.
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| Hydro-electricity | Energy generated by moving flows of water.
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| Low carbon economy | An economy which seeks to use low amounts of carbon-based energy.
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| Low carbon homes | Homes which are deliberately intended to use minimal energy.
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| Peak oil | The theorietical year inwhich oil is or was produced at its maximum and which can never be repreated as stocks decline.
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| Primary energy source | Resources which can be burned to generate energy direct, e.g. coal, oil, and natural gas.
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| Privatisation | The sale of government assets to private shareholders, so that a company is run for profit rather than as a government service.
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| Recyclable resource | Reprocess resources, e.g. plutonium and heat capture systems.
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| Renewable energy sources | Those whose flow is continuous, e.g. solar or wind power
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| Secondary energy source | Energy sources generated using another fuel, e.g. electricity.
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| Solar power | Energy generated from the sun.
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| Stock resource | Finite energy sources whose use means they will eventually run out.
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| Tar sands | Also known as oil sands, these are naturally-formed mixtures of sand or clay and a dense viscous form of petroleum called bitumen.
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| Trans-boundary pollution | Pollution which crosses national boundaries, e.g. acid rain caused by burning fossil fuels which emit sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
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| Transit state | A country or state through which energy flows on its way from producer to consumer.
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| Wave power | Energy generated from waves.
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