Environment and energy
- Created by: Daisy Fletcher-Cooney
- Created on: 26-05-15 10:25
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- Environmental effects of using energy resources
- Habitats can be destroyed by mining and oil and gas collection. Farming biofuels destroys natural habitats. Hydroelectric schemes and tidal barrages can cause habitats to be damaged.
- Nuclear power stations take up a lot less space than stations that burn coal because they do not need space for storing fuel.
- Wind farms cover many square kilometers to produce the same amount of power as a small power station.
- Nuclear power stations take up a lot less space than stations that burn coal because they do not need space for storing fuel.
- Burning solid fuels (coal, wood) produces ash, which must be disposed of.
- Coal mines, oil rigs, power stations and wind farms are thought by some to people to be visual pollution.
- Burning fuels releases pollutants into the atmosphere
- You do not need to recall the details of the greenhouse effect and global warming at this stage.
- Noise pollution may be a disadvantage of wind farms. Mines are also noisy.
- Habitats can be destroyed by mining and oil and gas collection. Farming biofuels destroys natural habitats. Hydroelectric schemes and tidal barrages can cause habitats to be damaged.
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