Energy slaves

What is an 'energy slave'?

A - Someone forced against their

The term is used to

refer to this unit of
will to work in a coal mine
measurement
A unit of measure of energy based designed to
contextualise
on the power of a human body
modern energy
Any machine
demands

B-

C-

At which point might Bristol have been

considered a major centre of the energy trade?

A - 19th century, during

Africans traded as slaves were

not considered people by their
the industrial revolution
'owners' - instead as sources of
B - Present day, due to the free energy

presence of green energy companies

C - 18th century, during the height of the slave trade

How many 'energy slaves' does the average
modern European rely on each day?

A - 500
B - 20
C - None

Fossil fuel energy use can be

considered as the equivalent of
employing 500 invisible people to
work for each living person in Europe

http://www.manicore.com/anglais/documentation_a/slaves.html

Cars

The average car's engine's power is

equivalent to how many people pulling it?

A - 800
B - 70
C - 25

That's enough people to

fill 12 double decker
buses

http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/topic.asp?t=555479&i=0
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100905052310AAWiovy
http://www.green-trust.org/2000/humanpower.htm

How many car journeys are made each

weekday in and out of Bristol's city centre?

A - 20,000
With a combined engine
B - 500,000
power of the human
C - 1.5 million population of Brazi
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/environment/travel-and-air-pollution

Does upgrading your car to a more fuel

efficient model reduce carbon emissions?

A - Definitely
B - Probably
C - Almost
certainly not

Manufacture of cars is
energy intensive, so if you
must drive it is usally better
to maintain your existing car
for as long as possible

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/green-living-blog/2010/sep/23/carbon-footprint-new-car

Climate change
Why is a 'greenhouse gas' named as such?

A - Because they were

By reflecting infrared
discovered by Prof. Greenhouse radiation greenhouse
gases in the
Because they contribute
atmosphere trap heat
to heating the Earth's surface
from the sun, causing
the average global
Because they encourage
temperature to rise

B-

C-

faster plant growth

Above what global temperature rise are

catastrophic consquences of global warming
thought very likely?

A - 10 degrees C
B - 2 degrees C
C - 5 degrees C

Between 1880-2012 the average

global temperature rose 0.85
degrees. Carbon dioxide already
emitted locks us into a further rise
to 1.5 degrees by mid-century

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20595

How much of the world's known fossil fuel

reserves are considered unburnable if we are
to limit global warming to 2 degrees C?

A - 1/3
B - 3/4
C - 2/3

We must leave 2/3 of all known fossil fuels in

the ground to have a 50% chance of avoiding
the worst consequences of climate change. We
should leave much more if we can
http://www.carbontracker.org/news/climate-science-how-muchfossil-fuel-can-we-exploit-carbon-trackers-comment-on-ucl-study/

Decoupling
Which of the following currently tends to
increase with economic growth?

A - Well-being
B - Carbon emissions
C - Good weather

Our current economic

model depends on
being able to emit
carbon to grow and
function

How much of the carbon emissions associated

with production of goods consumed in the UK
are emitted abroad?

A - 50%
B - 7%
C - 30%

This means that while the UK's carbon

emissions have reduced by 21%
between 1990-2013 our carbon
consumption has still risen

www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2012/03/defra-the-uk-outsources-emissions, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/
system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407432/20150203_2013_Final_Emissions_statistics.pdf

What is the most commonly though solution to

'decoupling' economic growth from carbon
emissions?

A - Recycle all materials

While we do badly need cleaner

used in production of goods energy sources it is almost
certain they will not be able to
Reassess the need for support constant economic
constant economic growth growth

B-

C - Substitute renewable energy for fossil fuel generation

Domestic Appliances
How long could a single standard lightbulb be
illuminated for using the energy required to boil a
kettle for one minute?

A - 5 minutes
B - 2 hours
C - 3 days

That means a kettle is 125 times

more power consuming than a
light bulb

How many cups of tea are drunk each day

in Bristol?

A - 60,000
B - 420,000
C - 1.25 million

That's 22 every
second!

Scaled from here: http://www.tea.co.uk/tea-faqs

How much did average daily UK household

electricity consumption levels fall by
between 2003-2011?

A - 35%
B - 10%
C - Zero

This suggests that although

devices are becoming more
energy efficient, we're using
more of them, more regularly

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/76112/domestic-energy-consump-fig-fs.pdf

Economics
In traditional economics how is the risk of climate
change factored into the price of fossil fuels?

A - It is not In fact, fossil fuels received $550

of subsidies in 2013, compared
B - As a tax billion
to $121 billion for renewables
C - Via a recognition of increased future costs
from environmental degradation
https://www.iisd.org/gsi/impact-fossil-fuel-subsidies-renewable-energy

How many times over has the UK's economy

grown, in economic terms, between 1955
and 2013?

A - 4.5x
B - Hardly any
C - 2x

The rate of growth became

faster & faster over the
period - do you think this can
continue?
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2009/nov/25/gdp-uk-1948-growth-economy
"

What traditionally is expected to happen

when the price of oil falls?

A - The prices of goods rises, so people buy less

B - The price of goods falls, so people buy more
oil is needed to produce or do
C - Neither Because
almost everything, it's price has a big
effect. But using more of it when it is
cheaper increases environmental impacts

Energy efficiency
When is something more energy efficient
compare to a similar product?

A - When it uses less energy

In order for something to be

considered energy efficient
to do the same amount of work it must use less energy than
a similar appliance to do the
When it uses less energy
same job

BC - When it is performs its function quicker

How much has improved energy efficiency

reduced overall UK household electricity use by
between 2011-2013

A - 5%
B - Zero
C - 20%

Energy efficiency improvements

have likely been counterbalanced
by increased use of consumer
appliances overall

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/76112/domestic-energy-consump-fig-fs.pdf

When does energy efficieny lead to overall

energy savings?

The 'Rebound Effect' is

the most common
result of efficiency
improvements, by
to consume more energy
which saved resources
When new appliances are more are used to consume
energy through
energy efficient than older ones
different means

A - Always
B - When money saved is not used
C-

Energy ownership
How many companies account for around 90%
of the UK consumer energy market?

A - 21
B - 33
C-6

E.On, British Gas, EDF, RWE SSE

and Scottish Power are
collectively called the 'Big Six'
because of their dominance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29079596

By how much did the average UK gas bill

increase between 2000-2013?

A - 110%
B - 67%
C - 235%

Rising natural gas prices are

also the main reason behind
increases in electricity bills not 'green levies', those these
do have an impact
http://tinyurl.com/ptfp7oh

What proportion of renewables capacity in

Germany was owned by citizens in 2012?

A - 10%
B - Half
C - 25%

Government policies in
Germany ('Energiewende' or 'Energy Transition') have
revolutionised ownership of
energy

http://ilsr.org/citizen-ownership-remains-foundation-german-renewable-energy-explosion/

Energy return on energy invested (EROEI)

In a conventional oil field, how much energy is needed
to extract aroud 50 barrels of oil?

A - The equivalent of 45 barrels of oil

B - The equivalent of 5 barrels of oil
C - The equivalent of 1 barrel of oil

Meaning you get

back 50 times
the energy you
put in

http://pyrolysium.org/eroei/

How many barrels of oil does the Bristol

consume each minute?

A - 60
B-2
C - 8.5

Or 12,000 per day, which

takes around 250 barrels of
oil to produce

http://transitionbristol.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Peak-Oil-Report_01.pdf

What is the 'energy profit' after the production,

installation and operation of solar panels?
This is significantly less than
conventional fossil fuels, such as oil and decreases further when batteries
Almost none
are manufactured to store electricity

AB - Around 5 times more energy than invested

C - Around 10 times more energy than invested
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544213000492

Flying
When in flight a Jumbo Jet consumes the same
amount of energy as how many average UK
households?

A - 200
B - 3,700
C - 60,000

Meaning it would take the

equivalent of just 9 jumbo jets
to fuel every home in Bristol

http://thebreakthrough.org/archive/pop_quiz_which_has_a_greater_p
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/76112/domestic-energy-consump-fig-fs.pdf

How many flights were made from

Heathrow Airport in 2014?

A - 30,000
That's more than
one every 90
B - 470,000
C - 1.5 million seconds
http://www.heathrowairport.com/about-us/company-news-and-information/company-information/facts-and-figures

Whether your travelling 100, 500 or 1,000+

miles - which form of transport produces
the fewest carbon emissions?

A - Coach
B - Car
C - Plane

Even a full high-speed

train doesn't compare
to the humble coach!

http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/clean_vehicles/greentravel_report.pdf

Fossil fuels
From where does the energy stored in fossil fuels
originate from?

A - Ancient plant life

B - Ancient insect life
C - The sun

Although fossil fuels were

formed by organic matter such
as plants and insects, all of the
energy contained in them came
from the sun over millions and
millions of years

In which year did oil and gas production in the

UK's North Sea fields peak?

A - 1999
B - 2003
C - 1979

Since 2010 production

has plunged, after many
years of rapid extraction

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21640344-tumbling-oilprice-piles-more-pressure-sinking-industry-crude-realities

Roughly how many times faster do we

consume fossil fuels than they took to form?

A - A thousand
B - A hundred
C - A million

They took 50-300 million

years to form - yet we've burnt
through huge portions of
them in just 150 or so years

Fuel poverty
At least what proportion of household income
is usually spent on energy by households in
fuel poverty?

A - 1 in 10
B - 1 in 20
C - 1 in 100

By this measure 1 in 5 Uk
households were thought to face
fuel poverty each winter

http://www.energybillrevolution.org/news/steep-rise-in-winter-deaths-2/

How many people, on average, die each winter

in the UK because they can't afford to heat their
home sufficiently?

A - 3000
B - 200
C - 7500

That's roughly 20 deaths

for each day of the year

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/365755/
Min_temp_threshold_for_homes_in_winter.pdf (/3 - WHO)

How much does a family in a typical,

uninsulated three bedroom home waste on
heating per year?

A - 320
B - 100
C - 650

Britain has the oldest housing stock

in Western Europe - we need a
national programme of insulation to
stop it leaking heat.

http://www.ukace.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ACE-and-EBR-briefing-2014-02-06-Burning-Cash-Day.pdf

International Energy Trade

Global energy use annually is roughly 10.7 billion
tonnes of oil equivalent. How many tonnes is that for
each person on the planet?

A - 0.5
B - 1.5
C - 0.1

Roughly the weight of a car! In reality

those in richer countries
will user far more than that - those in
poorer countries far less. Yet the impacts
of pollution are global

If all of the UK's energy needs for one day

were a hundred apples - how many would
have been grown in the UK?

A - Almost none
B - Almost all
C - Half

In 2013 47% of all energy

consumed in the UK was
imported from other
countries

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_Kingdom

What would be the easiest and cheapest way

for the UK to reduce reliance on overseas
energy imports?

A - Reduce energy use

B - Increase renewable
power capacity

C - Begin 'fracking' for

natural gas in the UK

Reducing our energy

consumption makes us
less vulnerable to global
supply chain shocks in
the future

National electricity
How often does the National Grid, the UK's national
electricity network serving 65m people, have to
balance?

A - Always
Every second of the year the
of demand and
B - Twice a day amount
electrical supply must be equal,
C - Every morning by law! A hugely difficult task
What is the maximum probability of
regional power blackouts permitted by the
UK government?

A - 9 times a year
B - 9 times a century
C - 9 times a decade

If you've ever experienced a

blackout, it was probably
because of damage to powerlines
- not an imbalance of demand
and supply

If winter peak electricity demand was reduced by

10%, how much of the UK's coal power generation
capacity could be removed?

A - Half a power station

B - 1-2 power stations
C - None

In fact, more than the

equivalent of the whole
of Drax power station in
Yorkshire - the largest in
Western Europe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/11358062/Electricity-demand-hitshighest-this-winter-as-wind-power-slumps-to-its-lowest.html

Solar PV

How long does it take for enough sunlight to meet

the world's entire annual demand to fall on the
earth' surface?

A - 1 month
B - 1 minute
C - 100 years

But being able to collect and use it

is much harder. This is why fossil
fuels have been so useful - they
collected sunlight over millions of
years for us

http://facts.randomhistory.com/energy-facts.html

How many kettles could be powered by all

UK solar panels on the sunniest day of the
2014?

A - 100,000
B - 10 million
C - 2.5 million

That's 5 gigawatts of power;

more than Drax power
station - the largest in
Western Europe

How many times more carbon dioxide

would be saved if no-one overfilled their
kettles, compared to the amount of 'clean'
energy produced by all the UK's solar

A - 15x
B - 34x
C - 2x

So - be careful to only fill it up

as much as you need (you wait
less that way too!)

Space Heating
The average UK household uses the equivalent
burning of how many large oak trees for heating
each year?

A - 122
B-5
C - 54

That's a small wood!

How much of the average annual UK energy

bill is accounted for by heating rooms?

A - 60%
B - 20%
C - 80%

Despite the fact that heating

is predominantly used only
during the winter months

How much money can turning a heating

thermostat down by one degree save you
each year?

A - 5
B - 20
C - 90

That's 7% of the average UK

combined gas & electricity bill

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/content/energy-saving-quick-wins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24238708

Water Heating
Roughly how long would you need to pedal for in
order to produce enough power to heat an average
sized bath from 15C to 50C?

A - 120 seconds
B - 120 minutes You'd certainly need a
bath by the end of it...
C - 120 days
What proportion of UK households use gas
boilers to heat their water?

A - 50%
B - 90%
C - 35%

This presents a big challenge for

reducing carbon emissions - water
heating will have to be delivered
differently, and we'll have to do less
of it

How much electricity, as a proportion, can

be saved annually by washing at 30
degrees?

A - 40%
B - 10%
C - 90%

Most laundry liquids and

washing powders are now
designed to work at 30C - but
only 1/4 of UK households do it

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/money-saving-tips/10187880/
Is-it-really-cheaper-to-wash-clothes-at-30C-rather-than-60C.html

Wind

Roughly how many tonnes of carbon dioxide does it

take to manufacture, assemble, operate &
decommision a typical Scottish onshore wind turbine?
That's equivalent to 50 years of annual
carbon emissions from a UK
household in the top 10% of earners,
or 100 years of a household in the
bottom 10% (2011)

A - 400
B - 20
C - None

http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/Documents/MSc_2014/Couttie.pdf
http://www.cse.org.uk/projects/view/1206

Which country has the most installed wind

power capacity in the world?

A - UK
B - China
C - USA

The UK comes 6th - but with

around 3 times more wind
power per person than China

http://www.thewindpower.net/statistics_countries_en.php

By what % is the UK thought to need to

increase its wind power capacity by 2030
in order to help meet carbon emissions
reduction targets?

A - 160%
B - 50%
C - 35%

Most of this increase will occur

'offshore' - with almost four
times the current capacity
needing to be built in 15 years

Trade & consumerism

Roughly how many tonnes of fuel per day does one
of world's the largest container ships burn?

A - 300
B-5
C - 70

This equates to 1000 tonnes of

carbon emissions - as much as the
30 lowest emitting countries in
the world combined

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/25/slow-ships-cut-greenhouse-emissions

Roughly what percentage of imported

consumer goods arrive to the UK by ship?

A - 90%
B - 30%
C - 10%

The vast majority of

things you've ever bought
came from over the seas!

Extrapolated from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_transport

What is the least envrionmentally harmful

consumer product?

A - Clothes made from

Reducing consumption of
goods where
B - An energy efficient physical
possible and promoting
light bulb
repair and resuse is key to
C - The one that doesn't combatting climate change

recycled plastic bottles

get bought