Sunday, March 13, 2011

1.11 Questions

1- coal, oil and gas
2- solar, wind and hydro-electricity
3- They are trying to develop clean energy sources to prevent greenhouse gases and global warming within Australia
4- Australia, China, the United States and India
5- 76 billion tonnes
6- 5 billion dollars worth
7- The solar power plant near Mildura will use technology developed to power satellites and consist of fields of mirrors each covering 0.8 square kilometres. The sun's energy will be concentrated using cells that produce 1500 times more energy than a typical rooftop solar panel.
8- Well large turbines are turned by the wind, generating electricity
9- Advantages- Saves energy, good way to produce electricity, prevent global warming and greenhouse gases in Australia
Disadvantages- expensive, wastes space and if there is no wind then the electricity won't work
10- The sources such as hydro, solar and wind energy is are very good  for Australia because they are renewable.
13- The gas fields are situated on the coast of Western Australia, to the North West part of Australia, In the centre between Queensland and NSW and on the coast of Victoria.
The gas pipeline runs through these gas fields.
14-
a)
i- $16.5 billion
ii- $5.5 billion
iii- $2.5 billion
b)
i- $25 billion
ii- $6 billion
iii- $2.8 billion
c)
Coal had the greatest increase

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