FINAL PROJECT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND USE OF ENERGY 2012

Tomás Frías Orozco A01222872
Miguel Madrigal Hernandez A01222919
Pedro Morfin
Carlos Giovanni Elizarraraz A01227576
Jorge Blass Coss y Leon Cervantes A01226870

Phase 1

1. Introduction • Energy The capacity or power to do work, such as the capacity to move an object by the application of force • Types of energy chemical energy - energy stored in fuel which is released when chemical reactions take place. kinetic energy - energy of a moving object. gravitational potential energy (GPE) - energy an object has due to its position . elastic (strain) potential energy - energy stored in an object that is being stretched. electrical energy - energy transferred by an electric current. thermal (heat) energy - energy of an object due to its temperature. nuclear energy - energy stored in an atom’s nucleus. light energy - energy transferred through waves and light particles . sound energy - energy transferred via sound waves.

• Units used depending on their application

* British Thermal Unit-Used in Heating and Cooling * Calorie-Science and Engineering (Raise the heat of water) * Food Calorie, Kilocalorie- Used in Nutrition * Joule-Science and Engineering – Electrical Current * Kilowatt Hour-Electrical Fields (Joule/Per second) * Therm- Home Heating Appliances(Heat)

2. Energy Problems

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The distribution of the energy produced in the country, as is showed above in the chart, makes perfect sense because most of the energy that we produced is used in transportation and we can easily see this because we use our vehicles all day and all night. After transportation the activity that requires more energy is industry and miner for all the work that is needed in those areas. Finally the other bigger area that uses a lot of energy is at home.