1. Fossil Fuels account for what % of U.S. energy consumption?    

2. Which fossil fuel is #1 in consumption?

3. Regarding production of electricity in the U.S., know the % which comes from coal and nuclear.

4. How does California’s electric power generation differ from the U.S. as a whole? Which sources do we use more, which do we use less?

5. What are the arguments for and against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)? (or I could ask this as pros and cons) 

6. How were fossil fuels formed?

7. Which country has the most coal?  

    Oil?      

    Natural gas?

8. Which fossil fuel is the most abundant?

9. What air pollutants are associated with coal?     

With oil?     

With natural gas?    

Rank the 3 fossil fuels in order of least air pollution to most air pollution.

10. What other negative environmental impacts are associated with the production and use of coal?

11. What are the main uses of coal? 

12. As oil fields and natural gas deposits become depleted, what measures are taken to extract more oil or gas from the ground?

13. What are the environmental impacts of natural gas production and use?

14. What are the main uses of natural gas?

15. What is the process called that turns crude oil or petroleum into useful products?

16.List 3 ways in which cheap, abundant petroleum shaped the 20th century. (3 major impacts of abundant oil)

17. What is Hubbert’s Peak?  

What is the projection regarding world oil supply?

18. What are the negative impacts associated with the production and use of oil?

19. What does OPEC stand for?   

What is the organization's  purpose?

20. How much of the oil consumed in the U.S. is imported?   

 What are the economic/political disadvantages of relying on imported oil?

21. Energy conservation- is it cost effective?  

22. How does the cost of energy conservation compare to generating new power?

23. How can the federal government influence energy conservation?

24. What are the pros and cons of nuclear energy?

25. How do Japan and France and the Ukraine compare with the US in % of electricity produced by nuclear power?

26. What is the fuel used in nuclear power plants?

    What is one of the important by-products that can be used for nuclear weapons?

27. Where is Three Mile Island? What happened at Three Mile Island?

28. Where is Chernobyl?

    What happened at Chernobyl?

    Why does it still pose a danger to the region?

29. Where is nuclear waste from US plants currently stored? 

 30. Where is the long-term storage facility being built?

    What are the main objections to using it?