(vi) How could the money gained from this tax be used to help reduce damage caused by non- renewable energy source usage?
3. On this blank map of Ireland, mark with an ‘X’ the location of a natural energy resource that you studied. It can be renewable or non-renewable (think offshore also). Then write about the following:
• Environmental impact: What impact does the exploitation of your chosen resource have?
• Economic impact: What is this resource worth to the economy of the local area and to Ireland (employment and money made from the sale of the resource)?
• Social benefit: How has the resource improved the local area? Has money been put back into the area from which it was taken?
Case Study Natural Resource Name of the resource: Environmental impact:
Economic impact:
Social benefits:
Exam Hint
Read the question carefully. Preparing some key information from case studies is very helpful before your exam. In each of the spaces provided, try to write two or three facts on each heading and your chosen resource. Keep the facts to the point.