Uploaded on 2015-11-06 by Jorge_Fuentes
According to iea.org, in Mexico the dominant fossil fuels use are Oil Products and Gas Products. **Where are the dominant fossil fuels mainly used for in your country?** The Oil and Gas are mainly use on Transportation (51%) and Industry (34.7%) **It is your task to create a new policy in order to improve the environmental friendly and sustainable sources and consumption of energy of your country. How would you do that?** In Mexico, we need to reduce our almost full dependence on Oil and Gas production for energy and increase the use of alternative energy sources like solar, wind, biomass, geothermal. One of these sustainable sources that we can take advantage of, is solar energy due to our privileged geographic location and because Mexico is the largest producer of photovoltaic cells. Another strategy is to improve our infrastructure such as public transportation, because is inefficient and inadequate causing a massive use of private automobile, polluting our enviroment and hindering our mobility inside our cities. Designed more efficiently our housing. Focus on the creation and implementation of sustainable urban planning. Finally, on this Sankey Diagram of my city (Puebla, Mexico) we can see that the Gas, Oil and Firewood are the main producer of energy and are mainly use on Transportation, households and Industry. Image taken from: Programa de Gestión de la Calidad del Aire del Estado de Puebla 2012 - 2020, Semarnat (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), Puebla, Mexico, p. 90. ![Image taken from: Programa de Gestión de la Calidad del Aire del Estado de Puebla 2012 - 2020, Semarnat (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales), Puebla, Mexico, p. 90.][1] [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14468500795155709.jpg