Wait – what is 'fracking'? An energy vocabulary quiz.
Workers climb on an electricity transmission tower to repair the power grid in Baifeng town of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. (Lang Lang/Reuters/File)
The energy world is replete with buzzwords: "fracking," "tar sands," and "the grid." But what do they really mean? Test your energy literacy with the Monitor's energy vocabulary quiz.
Question 1 of 15
1. Combine the different kinds of oil and you've got 'peak oil,' right?
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No, 'peak oil' is obtained from the rock exposed in mountaintop removal |
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No, 'peak oil' is the notion that the world's oil supply is limited, and production will peak and enter a terminal decline |
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No, 'peak oil' is a Wall Street term – used to describe a spike in oil futures |
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No, 'peak oil' describes the initial moment a source of oil is discovered |
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