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How can growing energy demand be met without serious environmental issues? (a) Categorise
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Advantages of fossil fuel extraction.
Disadvantages of fossil fuel extraction.
Can affect biodiveristy where natural habitats are destroyed due to extraction.
Can disrupt local people (and lead to displacement) and affect cultural or religious sites where there are reserves.
Can lead to political tensions - especially where reserves may cross international borders or disrupt indigenous communities.
Creates employment - can lead to a positive economic multiplier effect.
Is often controversial and met with disagreements from pressure groups who demand environmental and social justice.
Oil spills - especially problematic in oceans and tundra.
Can be more reliable than renewable energy sources which rely on weather (which can be unpredictable).
Destruction of forests for opencast coal mining, damage from oil production and spills in rainforests.
Can increase political relationships - where large TNCs or international countries invest in extraction.
Often easier to transport than energy from renewable sources (which are mostly stationary and cannot be easily captured).
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are released during the burning of fossil fuels - this has led to anthropogenic climate change.
Causes environmental depletion and land scarring.
Can be used to generate electricity - fundamental for socio-economic development.
Opportunity to increase economic output - through powering industry and selling surplus.