Uploaded on 2017-04-02 by Diane de la Bourdonnaye

1. What are the dominant fossil fuels used in your country? The fossil fuel that has predominant use in my country is oil. Among the fossil fuels, oil has a production of 54.2 million tons (almost 19% off all energy sources). The gas production comes next with 40.1 million tons. Coal has a national production of 0.2 million tons. We can observe that the three cumulative fuels produce less than 50% of the energy in France. The biggest supplier is the nuclear production with 113.4 million tons (almost 40% off all energy sources). 2. Where are the dominant fossil fuels mainly used for in your country? More than half of the oil production in France (almost 59%) is used for transportation, 39.5 million tons, and the rest of the oil is almost equally divided other uses (12.6 million tons) and non-energy use (13 million tons). Natural gas has the bulk of the production turned to other uses (17.2 million tons), and then the use of natural gas has been applied in industry (10 million tons). Coal is mainly used in industry (2.8 million tons), it’s more than oil (2.3 million tons). 3. 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? To reduce its use of fossil energy, France has the capacity to develop so-called renewable energies. The French territory has many large spaces that can be used for the implantation of wind farms. This energy is already very studied in France, and today the share of energy production of wind turbines is essential. France also has immense maritime space, which is why research has been done on the energy that seas and oceans could produce. These studies have led to the rapid development of offshore hydroelectric turbines, offshore wind turbines and thermal energy from the seas. The State must increase its subsidies to allow an even greater development of these three energies. A third advantage of France is its climate. The southern half of France is sunny almost all year round, which allows a development of solar energy. Geological studies have also shown the high geothermal potential of the subsoil of France. All these energies, if they are developed, can reduce the consumption of fossil energy in France as well as the nuclear consumption. The production of CO2 will also be reduced. Note : the picture is taken from the website of DCNS groupe (http://fr.dcnsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/hydrolienne-c-dcns-01.png).