China is ranked first in Mtoe. What does Mtoe mean?
a. the amount of fossil fuels burned over a week
b. coal use per capita
c. million tons of oil equivalent
d. reductions in population growth
Question 2
Four conditions must be met for significant numbers of elderly people to be able to withdraw from the labor force. Which is NOT one of these conditions?
a. A society must produce an economic surplus that is large enough to support its nonemployed members.
b. There must be a mechanism in place to divert some of that surplus to the nonemployed members.
c. The nonemployed members must have accumulated an acceptable number of years of productivity to warrant support by the other members of society.
d. Nonemployed members should be viewed negatively by the rest of society as an incentive to keep people employed.
The burning of fossil fuels has greatly increased atmospheric CO2 levels and temperatures.
Fossil Size
Fossil Fuels Energy Yield and Pollutants—Comparison
A Fischer-Tropsch processing plant is able to produce a variety of fuels from coal.
Relations with China and Russia
The growth in demand for energy use is met by burning fossil fuels