Energy Pop Quiz

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1 How many Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are there?

14
Increase the share of renewables in the global energy mix
All above
12
Universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
17
Double the improvement rate in energy efficiency

2 How many people do not have access to electricity worldwide in 2018?

1.1 billion
100 million
1 billion

3 Complete the following sentence: Having an open fire in your house for cooking is like:

Smoking 40 cigarettes a day
Smoking 400 cigarettes an hour
No effect at all

4 95% of staple food needs to be cooked before they can be eaten. How many people die from household indoor air pollution, due to inefficient cooking practices using polluting fuels?

4 million every year
14 million every year
1 million every year

5 What is the global fossil fuel subsidy in 2017 and how much investment is needed to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030 (Goal 7)?

Fossil fuel subsidy: USD 100 billion & Investment needed: 30 billion
Fossil fuel subsidy: USD 200 billion & Investment needed: 40 billion
Fossil fuel subsidy: USD 300 billion & Investment needed: 52 billion

6 How does Goal 7 improve people’s live?

Renewables help to tackle climate change
All above.
Energy services reduce the time spent by women and girls on basic survival activities (gathering firewood, fetching water, cooking, etc.)
Mini-grids promote productive activities – resulting in increase in income
Solar lanterns increase the number of productive hours in the evening so that people can work longer at night and children can also study longer at night
Water desalination and purification using renewables can aid the availability of clean water