"Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy"
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- Created on: 27-10-13 15:30
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- Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Examples
- Wind-energy
- Biofuel
- Solar power
- Hydropower
- c) Sadly they don't all provide much energy and some of them are unreliable as they depend on the weather.
- b) Most of them do damage the environment, but in less nasty ways than non-renewables
- a) A renewable energy source is on that will never run out.
- Examples
- Non-Renewable Energy
- a) They will all 'run out one day.
- b) They all do damage to the environment
- c) But they provide most of our energy.
- There are environmental problems with using non-renewables
- 1) All three fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) release carbon dioxide. But we could stop it by capturing it, (however it's too expensive to be widely used.
- 2) Burning coal and oil releases sulpher dioxide, which causes acid rain.
- 3) Coal mining makes a mess to the landscape
- 4) Oil spillages cause serious environmental problems/
- 5) Nuclear waste is very dangerous
- 6) The overall cost of nuclear power is high due to the cost to build and decommission the power plant
- 7) Nuclear power always carries the risk of a major catastrophe
- Examples
- Nuclear fuels (uranium and plutonium)
- Natural gas
- Oil
- Coal
- Renewable Energy
- Examples
- Nuclear fuels (uranium and plutonium)
- Natural gas
- Oil
- Coal
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