The Environmental Impacts of Energy Use + Future Energy Supply

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the outflow of acidic water from a mining site
Acid Mine Drainage
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the state of having a good deal of money; wealth
Affluence
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a highly efficient process that captures and utilises the heat that is a by- product of the electricity generation process
Combined Heat + Power
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the process of causing a material or object to melt with intense heat so as to join with another
Fusion
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the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall its original value
Half Life
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a turbine in which a high- velocity jet of steam rotates bladed disc or drum
In- steam turbines
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the use of computer- controlled machines and automation systems in manufacturing products
Integrated Manufacture
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involves maintaining or enhancing reservoir pressure beyond oil by injecting water, gas, CO2, etc.
Secondary Oil Recovery
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the gradual caving in or sinking of an area of land
Subsidence
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cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter
Turbid
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the state of having a good deal of money; wealth

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Affluence

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a highly efficient process that captures and utilises the heat that is a by- product of the electricity generation process

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Card 4

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the process of causing a material or object to melt with intense heat so as to join with another

Back

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Card 5

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the time taken for the radioactivity of a specified isotope to fall its original value

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