UCSB ENGL23 midterm Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

Has the U.S. ever passed a carbon tax? - Answer-no What is a carbon tax? - Answer-a tax imposed on those who extract fossil fuels that taxes them proportionate to the amount of carbon they dig up What are two countries that have passed a carbon tax? - Answer-Netherlands and Norway The U.S., Russia, and the EU have put what percent of all greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere? - Answer-2/3 or 66% Who's the UN ambassador for climate change? - Answer-Leonardo DiCaprio What country is the world's first major renewable energy economy? - Answer-Germany What percent of energy does renewable energy supply in Costa Rica? - Answer-98% what company sent scientists to the North Pole 40 years ago in order to hypothesize what would happen up there because of climate change? - Answer-Exxon Where does wood come from? - Answer-air What is the ppm of CO2 today? - Answer-415 Are CO2 levels higher during spring or fall? why? - Answer-fall because that's when plants are beginning to decay and die, which causes them to release CO2 as they decay Why doesn't the southern hemisphere offset the fact that our global CO2 levels go up slightly in winter and down slightly in summer? shouldn't it even out - Answer-Because 68% of landmass is in the northern hemisphere, so there are more plants dying and decaying and also growing and consuming CO2