3.2.1 Global Energy Demand

• Global energy demand refers to the total amount of energy required globally to power homes, businesses, transportation, and other activities
• Global energy demand has been decreasing over time.

  False
• Match the energy source with its characteristic:

  Fossil fuels ↔️ High emissions

  Renewable energy ↔️ Low emissions

  Nuclear energy ↔️ High efficiency
• Arrange the following factors in order of their impact on global energy demand trends:

  1️⃣ Population growth

  2️⃣ Industrialization and economic development

  3️⃣ Technological advancements

  4️⃣ Urbanization
• The main factors influencing global energy demand are population growth, economic development, technological advancements, urbanization, and climate change
• Technological advancements always increase energy demand.

  False
• Climate change affects heating and cooling requirements, influencing energy demand.


  True
• Higher living standards resulting from economic development lead to greater energy consumption
• Climate change alters heating and cooling needs
• The main energy sources used globally include fossil fuels, renewable energy, and nuclear
• Renewable energy sources have low emissions but moderate to high initial costs
• Fossil fuels have generally low costs but high environmental emissions
• Global energy demand has more than doubled since the 1970s
• The factors influencing global energy demand interact in complex ways to shape the overall energy consumption pattern
• Climate change alters heating and cooling needs based on changing weather
• Climate change affects the need for heating and cooling, altering demand patterns
• Match the factor with its impact on global energy demand:

  Population growth ↔️ Increased demand as more people require energy

  Economic development ↔️ Rising standards of living lead to higher energy consumption

  Technological advancements ↔️ New technologies can increase or decrease energy demand

  Urbanization ↔️ Concentrated energy use in cities raises demand

  Climate change ↔️ Changing weather patterns affect heating and cooling needs
• What are the main energy sources used globally?

  Fossil fuels, renewable, nuclear
• Fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas, and coal, are finite resources
• Global energy demand has more than doubled since the 1970s.


  True
• The main factors influencing global energy demand include population growth, economic development, technological advancements, urbanization, and climate
• Concentrated energy use in cities due to urbanization raises overall demand
• Match the factor with its impact on global energy demand:

  Population Growth ↔️ Increases demand

  Economic Development ↔️ Higher living standards

  Urbanization ↔️ Concentrated energy use

  Climate Change ↔️ Alters heating and cooling needs
• Technological advancements can only increase energy demand.

  False
• Arrange the following energy sources by their environmental impact, from lowest to highest:

  1️⃣ Nuclear energy

  2️⃣ Renewable energy

  3️⃣ Fossil fuels
• Fossil fuels are a renewable energy source.

  False
• Nuclear energy has high emissions but low waste management costs.

  False
• Arrange the following factors driving historical trends in global energy demand by their primary impact, from lowest to highest:

  1️⃣ Technological advancements

  2️⃣ Population growth

  3️⃣ Industrialization and economic development

  4️⃣ Urbanization
• Improvements in energy efficiency have helped moderate the rate of demand growth in some regions.


  True
• China's industrialization has greatly increased its energy use.


  True
• Arrange the following factors used to project future global energy demand by their primary focus, from individual needs to global changes:

  1️⃣ Population growth

  2️⃣ Economic development

  3️⃣ Technological advancements

  4️⃣ Climate change