EGEE 101 – 22–24 Part 2 – Energy and Environmental Engineering – study notes
Fossil fuel extraction and transportation gives us the great majority (~85%) of our energy. It gives us
almost 100% of our energy-industry injuries and fatalities.
A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔A
Coal ash used to be a big pollutant but now it is captured and stored safely.
A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔B
Which is the location of a massive televised petroleum fire?
A) Lac Megantic, Quebec
B) Deepwater Horizon Drilling Rig off the coast of Louisiana
C) Kanawah County, West Virginia
D) All of these - ANS ✔✔D
Which unconventional gas resource is currently being rapidly exploited in the US?
A) Deep B. Tight
B) Shale
C) Coalbed
D) Methane Hydrates - ANS ✔✔B
As we increase the amount of natural gas consumed each year, the 'life expectancy' of the fuel increases
as well. - ANS ✔✔False
Natural gas is the most versatile fossil fuel.
A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔B
Fossil fuel extraction and transportation gives us the great majority (~85%) of our energy. It gives us
almost 100% of our energy-industry injuries and fatalities.
A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔A
Coal ash used to be a big pollutant but now it is captured and stored safely.
A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔B
Which is the location of a massive televised petroleum fire?
A) Lac Megantic, Quebec
B) Deepwater Horizon Drilling Rig off the coast of Louisiana
C) Kanawah County, West Virginia
D) All of these - ANS ✔✔D
Which unconventional gas resource is currently being rapidly exploited in the US?
A) Deep B. Tight
B) Shale
C) Coalbed
D) Methane Hydrates - ANS ✔✔B
As we increase the amount of natural gas consumed each year, the 'life expectancy' of the fuel increases
as well. - ANS ✔✔False
Natural gas is the most versatile fossil fuel.
A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔B
