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Topic 9: Consuming energy resources

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How can the world reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, and how are attitudes changing?

The role of energy efficiency and conservation in reducing demand; the costs and benefits of alternatives to fossil fuels and future technologies; and how different groups' attitudes to energy futures are changing.
A focused answer to Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 9 (Consuming energy resources) on reducing reliance on fossil fuels, covering energy efficiency and conservation, the costs and benefits of alternatives and future technologies, and how the attitudes of consumers, governments, TNCs and environmental groups to energy futures are changing.
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How can energy resources be classified, and what are the impacts of their use?

How energy resources are classified as non-renewable, renewable and recyclable; the environmental impacts of extracting and using them; and why access to energy is unevenly distributed between people and places.
A focused answer to Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 9 (Consuming energy resources) on classifying energy as non-renewable, renewable and recyclable, the environmental impacts of extracting and using each, and why access to energy is unevenly distributed between people and places.
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Why is the demand for oil rising, and what pressures does this create?

How the global demand for oil is rising while supplies are unevenly available; how oil supply and prices are affected by international relations and the economy; and the costs and benefits of exploiting new conventional and unconventional sources.
A focused answer to Edexcel GCSE Geography B Topic 9 (Consuming energy resources) on rising oil demand and uneven supply, how international relations and the economy affect oil prices, and the costs and benefits of exploiting new conventional and unconventional sources such as tar sands and shale gas.
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