The ESS, or Emergency Sharing System, was created by the IEA after the 1973 oil crisis. This system, where countries in the IEA can share oil to prevent extreme hardship, only goes into effect if expected supply falls how much?
Answer: 7%
Social Sciences
- In the future, electric markets will restructure to eliminate monopolies that exist in various service territories. This is because
- Jimmy Carter's 1977 environmental policy promoted the use of these sources of energy EXCEPT
- After chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were invented in 1930, which was their most common use in addition to the home refrigerator?
- M. King Hubbert is notable for having created the Hubbert Peak Theory, which says that the production in any region
- In addition to interest-free bonds for businesses to construct wind turbine turbines, private owners are eligible for a tax credit to offset costs. This tax credit, awarded for every kilowatt per hour (kWh) generated, is currently
- Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is very common in drilling except in
- The first use of wind power for the generation of electricity took place in this country in 1890.
- The Environmental Protection Agency, established by Richard Nixon in 1970, currently has an annual budget of approximately how much?
- Wave power in another potential sustainable energy-generating technology. However, it has one major flaw, which is what?
- George Westinghouse won the contract to produce a viable, long-distance electrical distribution system at which famous tourist site?
- Coined by William Gilbert in 1600, "electric" is derived from the Greek word for
- Although debated by historians, one of the earliest reported uses of electricity was by the Mesopotamians, who used it for
- The Environmental Defense Fund operates with all of the following purposes EXCEPT
- The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards set by the EPCA required that by 1985 passenger cars had to be able to travel how many miles per gallon?
- Scientists from what country discovered the hole in the ozone in 1985?
- The ozone hole above Antarctica caused by excess GHGs is measured by examining the reduction in the total column ozone at a point along the earth's surface. The unit of measure used to express this is called the
- According to utility company estimates of American hourly electricity usage in office buildings, which of the following consumes the most kilowatts (kW) on a 24-hour scale?
- The UNFCCC Annex I and Annex II countries must bear the burden and cost of emission reduction while developing countries are excused. Under these guidelines, what high-emission country is NOT required to reduce its output?
- The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) official duties include all of the following responsibilities EXCEPT
- The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 required all of the following EXCEPT
- In 2002, this state mandated a 22% reduction in tailpipe GHG emissions for new vehicles and in 2006 mandated a 25% reduction of CO2 by 2020.
- Despite its near-death in the U.S. due to the Three-Mile Island disaster, nuclear power experienced a come-back during this presidential administration.
- The Endangered Species Act, passed in 1973, classifies animals by the size of their living populations in the following ways EXCEPT
- Geothermal energy is underutilized for many reasons, except.
- If a rock is able to produce hydrocarbons, it is called a(n)