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Pros
Cons
Solar Power
-renewable
-abundant
-sustainable
-low maintenance
-environmentally friendly
-reduces electricity costs
-many applications
-silent
-technology is improving
-Expensive
-lots of space required
-Exotic materials
-Intermittent
Power acquired by
harnessing the energy
of the wind.The rotor
that the blades turn has
copper loops around it
and has oppositely
charged magnets.
When the rotor spins, it
creates
electromagnetic
induction(a process
that causes electrons in
a conductor to move)
which generates
electricity. This creates
energy.
http://www.think-solarpower.com/How-DoesSolar-Power-Work.html
Wind Power
http://energy.gov/eere/wind
/how-do-wind-turbineswork
Hydro Power
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-cheapest way to
continually generate
energy (build dam then its
free)
-clean fuel source
-renewable
-disrupt wildlife,
-occasionally destroys
natural resources
-lowers dissolved oxygen
level in water
-fish migration path
-expensive to build the
power plant
Biomass is living or
previously living
organisms that is used
for something other
than food or feed.
Biomass can be
converted to biofuel via
a variety of different
methods. These
methods are thermal,
chemical and
biochemical. Thermal
conversion uses
burning to convert
biomass into energy.
Chemical conversion
uses chemical
-can be renewable
-plants take in carbon
-inexpensive material
-easy to use
-carbon cycle neutral
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Biomass/Biofuel
reactions to convert
biomass into fuel, such
as burning and
compressing biomass
into a combustible gas.
Biochemical conversion
uses microbacteria and
other microorganisms
to convert biomass into
energy. Wood,
sugarcane, and corn
starch derivitives are
frequently used
biofuels. Biomass is
mostly converted into
bioethanols(one of the
most common
biofuels), which is an
alcohol fuel that can be
used to make fuel cells
or as an additive to
gasoline.
Geothermal Energy
Petroleum is a naturally
occurring liquid found
it is very abundant
easy to use
creates jobs
-very expensive
-geothermal energy using
wells uses up lots of water
-discharge into earth could
include sulfur dioxide and
silica
No new technology
required
Easy to transport in liquid
form
Non renewable
Drilling can lead to spills
Expensive
Dangerous
Endangers/Destroys
environment
Non-renewable.
Pollution responsible for
global warming and acid rain
Can have oil spills and
therothe
gives of large amounts of
CO2 when burned
contains 85-90 percent
methane
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Very abundant
a lot cheaper than any
other type of energy
scientists are developing
clean coal. This process
involves stripping the coal
of most of its CO2
has an existing
infrastructure
non-renewable.
Large contribution to global
warming
high levels of radiation
contributes to 31 percent of
all CO2 emitted
Releases a huge amount of
carbon dioxide
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http://www.triplepundit.com/
special/energy-optionspros-and-cons/clean-coalpros-cons/
Nuclear/Uranium
http://www.livescience.com/
39773-facts-about-
uranium.html
million Btu.
23,000 TWh per year / 7 billion people/ 365 days =7828 watt hour
per person / day.
How much energy does our global population of nearly 7 billion
use every year? According to the US energy Information
Administration (EIA), total primary energy consumption came to
493 quadrillion thats 493,000,000,000,000,000 BTUs in 2008,
the most recent year for which figures are available. (One BTU, or
British thermal unit, is the amount of energy youd need to heat
up one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.)That counts
energy from all sources: oil, coal, gas, nuclear and renewable. The
worlds largest overall energy consumer in 2008? No surprise
there, its the US, devouring its way through 100.6 quadrillion
BTUs. China was closing in rapidly, though: it consumed 85
quadrillion BTUs in 2008 and will doubtless go even higher when
new figures become available
http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/10/27/141766341/the-price-of-electricity-inyour-state
http://www.electricitylocal.com/states/california/
http://www.electricitylocal.com/states/california/novato/
http://www.triplepundit.com/special/energy-options-pros-and-cons/nuclear-energy-prosand-cons/