Vocabulary

• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• energy sources: Materials or processes that can produce energy.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• source for: A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• alternative energy: Energy generated from natural resources, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable.
• check out
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• turmoil: Very confused situation where things are not clear
• section: A part of a whole
• account: An advantage
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• respond: To answer something or someone
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• aviation: Science or practice of flying aircraft
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• renewable: Being able to be replaced naturally
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• cartel: Groups united for a common (illegal) action
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• obituary: Written notice or announcement of a person's death
• shale: Soft rock that easily breaks into flat pieces