Uploaded on 2016-09-04 by Oleg Korolov

1) For the UK, the dominant fossil fuels are: Oil, Gas and Coal. These flows were used by the quantities of 64.5, 61.5 and 28.6 Mtoe respectively. 2) The dominant fossil fuels are used in Other uses, Transport, Exports, Industry and non-energy (in order of magnitude). Transport uses involve Road, Aviation and Navigation. Exports are based mainly around oil and coal, with gas being the least exported. Industry uses fossil fuels for metal production, machinery, food production and other (many) uses in small magnitudes. Other uses (being the biggest energy demander) involve residential, commerce and agriculture (in order of magnitude). 3) Consumption of energy must be reduced and the origins of our energy need to be re-evaluated. Firstly, the country needs to reduce its reliance on highly polluting fossil fuels such as coal – shifting towards gas. Secondly, the reliance on renewables must be increased with the building of more offshore wind farms and solar panel arrays to generate the base load for the national grid. A cleaner fossil fuel – natural gas – can then be used in conventional power stations to cope with surges in demand. This strategy should lead to the production of a sustainable grid. Transport use of oil products must also be re-evaluated, as roads are the biggest consumers of oil in the UK. This is a harder challenge. I believe that a conversion to hybrid and electric transport can be achieved (that relies on the cleaner grid), but the results can only be achieved when consumers are led by example. This means that my policy would center around the conversion of all public and government/ service transport to the cleaner energy forms. This would enable the production of the initial infrastructure and culture centered upon the use of cleaner fuels for transportation. Admittedly this is a bigger challenge than the conversion of the grid – that is due to the culture based around private transportation.