Are You A Mountain Or Ocean Person? Quiz

1. On demand for energy, which do you think is most likely?

That weaker economic growth will slow the pace of global energy demand.

That strong growth in the emerging economies will lead to a rapid increase in global energy demand.

The weaker economic growth will increase the pace of global energy demand.

The weak growth in the emerging economies will lead to a rapid increase in global energy demand.

2. What do you feel is most likely to happen to political power?

That political power will become increasingly decentralized.

That political power will be tightly held by those at the top.

Decentralization of political power is certain.

There will be a monopoly in the politics.

3. Which of these do you think is the most likely outcome for governments?

The strong popular pressure will lead to a rapid turnover of governments.

The governments will retain the authority and stability they need to implement firm and wide-ranging policies.

There will be a somewhat rapid turnover of governments because of the strong popular pressure.

The same government will hold the authority.

4. What do you think could happen to energy prices?

There will be lower energy prices because vast new gas resources will open up.

There will be higher energy prices, which will shape the evolution of the world energy system for several decades.

There will be higher energy prices because of the high demand.

There will be lower energy prices because of technological advancement.

5. Which of these futures do you think is most likely for solar energy?

An abundance of gas will help solar and wind to grow (because gas-fired power is the most flexible backup to solar and wind).

That solar energy will enjoy an even more striking success. By the 2060s, it could even become the largest primary energy source.

Solar energy is the real future.

Solar energy will never be able to fully replace gas.

6. What about oil?

Oil demand will continue to grow until the 2060s.

Oil will be displaced from the global transport mix. By 2070, the passenger road market could be near oil-free.

Oil demand will not continue to grow.

The market is going to be totally oil-dependent.

7. And the most likely outcome for nuclear?

By 2060, there will be more than three times as much nuclear energy as there was in 2010.

By 2060, there will only be around twice as much nuclear energy as there was in 2010.

In the future, nuclear energy will be many times more than it ever was.

There is not going to be any significant change in nuclear energy.

8. Tight and shale gas. What's your view?

That tight and shale gas will fail to take off outside North America.

That vast new gas resource will open up in a range of countries around the world.

The tight and shale gas may be able to take off outside North America.

New gas resources are already being found all around the world.

9. What sort of future do you see for Carbon Capture Storage (CCS)?

CCS is so successful that it helps the global electricity system to become effectively zero-CO2 emissions by 2060.

That CCS will not receive strong policy support until sometime after 2060.

CCS is going to help the global electricity system to reduce CO2 emissions.

CCS will not bring much difference in reducing CO2 emissions because of the global electricity system.

10. CO2 emissions are measured in gigatonnes (GT). In 2010 total emissions were 31 GT. What do you think they're most likely to be by 2060?

It will have fallen to 17 GT CO2 per year.

It will be more than double that amount, at 35 GT per year.

It will have fallen below 17 GT CO2 per year.

It will be as much as 35 GT per year.