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Question 1: (10 points)You need to build a global picture for the energy issue around the world, and then compare it toKuwait. This wide picture requires the knowledge of how the world is generating and consuming energy,and also how this consumption is distributed among different sectors. For this purpose, you need toanswer all the following questions for a set of countries/regions mentioned below them:1. How much energy is consumed in this country per capita?2. What are the percentage sources of this energy (e.g. fossil fuel%, nuclear energy%,renewables%)?3. How this energy is consumed by sector (e.g. residential/commercial/industrial/others)?4. How is the energy demand growing (Provide the total energy consumption in the past,present, and future, e.g. around year 2000, 2020, 2050)?5. Provide a measure for the development of clean energy in this country, e.g. renewableenergy share growth, electric vehicles market share growth, etc.You have to answer all of the above questions to the following three subjects:A) The whole world in general (2.5 points)B) Kuwait (2.5 points)C) At least any two countries from the list below: (2.5 points x 2) Australia Brazil China Germany India Japan Russia South Africa Sweden UK USABonus: (1 point)1Provide a real life example for one of the below two scenarios: An energy induced economic crisis An intensive governmental plan to reduce energy consumptionIMPORTANT NOTES: All data you provide for questions 1 to 3 should be recent (maximum of three years old) Be consistent, all values you provide have to be in the same units in order to be comparable toeach other All your answers MUST cite recognized references such as: published books/papers: organizations’ websites: US Department of Energy, World Bank, etc. Wikipedia is NOT ACCEPTED You need to arrange your answers in a report form; an introduction, a body, and aconclusion. Unstructured submissions will be deducted up to 2 points
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