`Energy sources disadvantages and advantages

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  • Created by: magnus29t
  • Created on: 23-10-22 11:27
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  • Energy Sources
    • Wind
      • Renewable energy
      • Don't take up much land space
      • Relatively low cost
      • Unreliable
      • Ugly/Eyesore
      • Noise pollution
    • Hydroelectric
      • Renewable
      • More reliable
      • Produces lots of energy
      • Often change paths of rivers, harm wildlife, move people out of houses
      • Affected by droughts
      • Fewer suitable places to build
    • Tidal
      • Damage ecosystems
      • Doesn't produce energy continuously
      • Renewable
      • Doesn't produce greenhouse gases
      • Predictable
    • Fossil Fuels
      • Non-renewable
      • Inefficient
      • Contributes to global warming
      • Reliable
    • Geothermal
      • Only used where volcanic activity is close to the surface
      • Lead to instability of land surrounding it
      • Renewable
      • Reliable
      • Doesn't produce greenhouse gases
    • Nuclear
      • Radioactive waste disposal
      • Waste has very long half-life
      • No greenhouse gas emission
      • Reliable
    • Solar
      • Only when there is sunlight
      • High installation cost
      • Not very efficient at converting sunlight into energy
      • Renewable
      • No greenhouse gases or noise pollution

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