The Cultural Characteristics Of Culture

Culture is defined as a whole basis of knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, and customs that define a person or group of persons. Culture differs is so many ways and that culture is what defines each of person as an individual. This concept comes from the cultural that was taught and developed from after birth and through our adolescent years. Our culture is the foundation of who we are. It identifies the lifestyle and pursuits that are practiced in the group of people we interact with in our society. Culture beliefs, values, and practices are learned from birth.

What does culture mean to you? Culture is the arts and manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. Culture is you and the background you came from.It’s anything that describes you family,traditions,and music.

I believe culture is the attitudes and feelings a group of people share. Culture can include practices like rituals and customs like religion. It is how you eat, drink, and speak. Culture can be either tacit or explicit. Tacit is very much like an unspoken behavior, it is something people lack words for. Explicit culture can be spoken or written. No matter what category culture falls into it truly makes us different from one another. It is everywhere shaping people all around the world every day.

To begin to understand why, we need to break down our energy demands: 37% petroleum (used mostly for transportation), 25% natural gas (spread out evenly between industrial, residential, commercial, and electricity generation), 21% coal (mostly going towards electricity generation), 8% renewable energies (the majority of which is used for electricity generation) and 9% nuclear electric power (100% of which is used to produce electricity) (Toossi).

However, Iraq suffers a growing shortage of electrical energy because of an increase in demand (see Fig. 3). The electrical power generation stations have been failed to fulfil the demand of power because of numerous defects and limited production capabilities due to deterioration. The electricity consumption in 2009 was 52 billion kWh in Iraq. During the Gulf War; electricity infrastructure of Iraq was severely damaged, suffered from a lack of investment and available equipment while under sanctions, and suffered further following the invasion in 2003. Now Iraq requires more power gradually due to its rising population growth and demands. The Iraq’s population increased from 14 million in 1980 to 32 million in 2010 and it is expected to

Energy production of any country is the measure of its economy. No country can achieve high economic growth without producing sufficient energy. Production of energy crisis is a Greek word which means ‘decisive moment’. Crisis is declared when something has gone to a level where an action must be taken to avoid complete disaster ‘Energy crisis, takes place due to several reasons some of which are: increasing price of oil,power wastage ,less dams,incompitancy of exploration sector, miss allocation of resourcesflects industrial output,transportation,agricultural output,etc.Electricity breakdown in Pakistan is alarming. When energy supply of an industry is restricted, its output decreases and cost of production available to human beings.Therefore,we can say that energy crisis is a crisis of human development. It is indeed a matter of life and death. The multidimensional ongoing energy crisis has been having a knock on the life of every Pakistani. Without energy the wheel can’t run on roads, industry and agriculture can’t sustain, hospitals and operation theatres can’t function, schools and laboratories can’t work,public and private sector business cannot operate. Energy is the life blood of socities,provides a wide range of services essentials to everyday life, including heating,cooling,lighting,preserving of food, pumping fresh water, operating communication systems,internet and information portals and providing power for a wide range of appliances increases

Culture is a way of life. It can be defined as a group of people linked by geographical location, ethnicity, gender or age. Culture can be reflected through language, clothing, food, behavior, spirituality and traditions. The behavioral patterns developed through culture are difficult to change.

The definition of culture offered in one textbook is “That complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man person as a member of society.”

Culture can be defined in many ways due to the fact that everyone can have their own distinct and traditional beliefs and values. “ Culture is fluid, it is not a static entity which one takes out of the box on occasion. It is with us daily” (Cultural Handout). Someone’s culture is set as the characteristics of the group practices in language, religion, types of food, social traits and habits, and the distinct arts and music. There are a variety of different cultures for example, Western Culture, Eastern Culture, Latin Culture, Middle Eastern Culture, and African Culture. All of these different cultures have their own ideas, values, and individualism, laws that are implied, civil rights, and even technology. In our, “ Culture Handout” culture is defined as the tool of the mind, “ it is an individual’s way seeing and interacting within the world. It encompasses one’s values systems, beliefs, and perceptions of the world around them. Race, socio-economic class gender, sexual orientation, ability, geographic location, age, religion language, etc. all impact the formation of culture, but these various context are not culture” (Cultural Handout).

Indonesia’s current electrification ratio is 65% and more than 50% of electricity demand is centered in Java and Bali alone, indicating that the growth of population and/or demand distribution for electricity is not proportional (Hidayat & Li, 2011). Geologically, Indonesia is rich with minerals and various energy resources including oil, natural gas, coal, geothermal, hydro-power, solar energy and biomass;

China has the oldest, continuous, civilization in the world that dates more than four thousand years of existence, and has passed its culture through generations. Culture is a “dynamic social system,” containing the values, beliefs, behaviors, and norms of a “specific group, organization, or society”. (FM 3-24 COUNTERINSURGENCY, 2016). The five major characteristics that define a culture are learned, shared, based on symbols, integrated, and dynamic. The first is a characteristic in which the process of learning about one’s culture from childhood. Because we share our cultures with other people we are able to comprehend each other’s and predict how others will act. Symbols are things distinctive to the culture and can be anything from currency to landmarks. Integrated is being able to learn all parts of a culture to truly understand it. Dynamic is simply different cultures interacting so they can exchange ideas and symbols.

Deeply concerned about the lack of universal access to energy in many developing countries, specifically in rural areas,

High energy costs present another possible risk area. The Middle East as a region has above average energy consumption, and thanks to developing financial and tourism projects the UAE has one of the largest demands for power within the region. The UAE is ranked 9th in the world in power consumption per capita, trailing only its comparative country Qatar in the region, who is ranked 4th in the world and Kuwait who is ranked 6th in the world in that category. [10]

Simply stating ‘universal access’ fails to set a quantitative target for the governments to achieve, leaving an open ended target which to a great extent is non-measurable. No one can be statistically held accountable for failing to meet the target. However, numerous entitles currently operating have gathered data to give some insight into the lack of availability of modern energy to countless around the globe. The International Energy Agency (IEA) plays a leading role in underlining this particular target and has estimated that an additional US$45 billion needs to be invested annually till 2030 to achieve universal modern energy access. The “Global Tracking Framework Report (2015)” led by IEA has highlighted that 74% of the population with no electricity resides in 20 countries facing the largest deficit of power provision ADDIN EN.CITE Ghosh Banerjee20143(Ghosh Banerjee, Bhatia, Portale, Soni, & Angelou, 2014)3317Ghosh Banerjee, S.Bhatia, M.Portale, E.Soni, R.Angelou, N.Sustainable Energy Dept., World Bank, Washington, DC, United StatesIEEE Power & Energy MagazineIEEE Power Energy Mag. (USA)IEEE Power & Energy Magazine96124electricity supply industryenergy conservationpower system planning201407/USAIEEE1540-7977http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MPE.2014.231380010.1109/MPE.2014.2313800(Ghosh Banerjee, Bhatia, Portale, Soni, & Angelou, 2014).

Having grown up in Nigeria, a country with a population of 167 million persons and ranked as the seventh crude oil producer in the world, the largest oil-producing country in Africa, it is ironic that about 117.8 million Nigerians rely on fuels such as animal dung, crop residues, wood, charcoal and kerosene as sources of energy to cook and to power lanterns, an estimated 60 million Nigerians own generators, and spend an estimated N1.56 trillion ($13.35m) annually to fuel them. Only about 40% of the populations have access to electricity supply which is not consistent and 60% of the time they have to endure