Sustainable Energy Systems Midterm Vocab
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originating in human activ-
anthropogenic
ity
long narrow regions of the
atmosphere that transport
atmospheric rivers most water vapors outside
tropics; leads to flooding;
caused by climate change
a field of research , large-
ly used in climate study,
to test whether (and by
attribution science how much) climate change
may be responsible for
specific extreme weather
events
issues a set number of
emission "allowances" that
lower each year to in-
cap-and-trade
centivize transition; com-
panies can usually buy
more allowances
idea that companies de-
carbon bubble pendent on fossil fuel
based energy production
, Sustainable Energy Systems Midterm Vocab
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are overvalued and will
see a steep drop in value
the process of trapping
carbon capture and
CO2 and storing/using it in
storage/ sequestration
a way that makes it unable
(CCUS)
to affect the atmosphere
carbon given off before the
Carbon debt
energy is even produced
the equivalent global
carbon dioxide equivalent warming potential of a cer-
(CO2e) tain amount of CO2 emis-
sions
total amount of GHG emis-
sions caused by an enti-
carbon footprint
ty or activity; expressed as
CO2e
the measurement of GHG
emitting processes, their
carbon footprint analysis
origins, and their amounts
and compositions
establishes a price on
GHG emissions, compa-
nies are charged a dollar
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amount per ton of CO2e
they emit (with dividends,
carbon tax/ dividend the money received from
the tax has to be redistrib-
uted by the government)
Law passed in 1970 to
protect heath and wel-
fare, establish air quality
clean air act
standards and regulate air
emissions from stationary
and mobile sources
congress shall have the
power to regulate com-
commerce clause merce with foreign nations
and among the several
states...
the presence of one or
more additional conditions
comorbidity often co-occuring w/ a
primary condition (think
covid)
Conference of the Parties supreme decision making
(COP) body of the UN frame-
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8tmwac
originating in human activ-
anthropogenic
ity
long narrow regions of the
atmosphere that transport
atmospheric rivers most water vapors outside
tropics; leads to flooding;
caused by climate change
a field of research , large-
ly used in climate study,
to test whether (and by
attribution science how much) climate change
may be responsible for
specific extreme weather
events
issues a set number of
emission "allowances" that
lower each year to in-
cap-and-trade
centivize transition; com-
panies can usually buy
more allowances
idea that companies de-
carbon bubble pendent on fossil fuel
based energy production
, Sustainable Energy Systems Midterm Vocab
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8tmwac
are overvalued and will
see a steep drop in value
the process of trapping
carbon capture and
CO2 and storing/using it in
storage/ sequestration
a way that makes it unable
(CCUS)
to affect the atmosphere
carbon given off before the
Carbon debt
energy is even produced
the equivalent global
carbon dioxide equivalent warming potential of a cer-
(CO2e) tain amount of CO2 emis-
sions
total amount of GHG emis-
sions caused by an enti-
carbon footprint
ty or activity; expressed as
CO2e
the measurement of GHG
emitting processes, their
carbon footprint analysis
origins, and their amounts
and compositions
establishes a price on
GHG emissions, compa-
nies are charged a dollar
, Sustainable Energy Systems Midterm Vocab
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_8tmwac
amount per ton of CO2e
they emit (with dividends,
carbon tax/ dividend the money received from
the tax has to be redistrib-
uted by the government)
Law passed in 1970 to
protect heath and wel-
fare, establish air quality
clean air act
standards and regulate air
emissions from stationary
and mobile sources
congress shall have the
power to regulate com-
commerce clause merce with foreign nations
and among the several
states...
the presence of one or
more additional conditions
comorbidity often co-occuring w/ a
primary condition (think
covid)
Conference of the Parties supreme decision making
(COP) body of the UN frame-
