different categories: nonrenewable resources- resources humans use faster than they can be replenished and renewable resources- resources that seem almost inexhaustible. While all of these resources have their pros, they also have their flaws. Coal is good example of a nonrenewable resource as well as a fossil fuel, a subcategory of nonrenewable resources. There are two types of nonrenewable resources found: fossil fuels, like coal, natural gas, and oil, and nuclear energy. Since coal is a fossil
glaring dissimilarity between the two is one is a renewable resource (wind) and the other is nonrenewable (coal). Wind is classified as a renewable resource because wind is a naturally occurring process that is unlimited and it requires no time to replenish itself. Coal is classified as a nonrenewable resource because it is a substance that takes millions of years to recreate the original amount. Wind energy has many advantages over other natural resources. Turbines do not pollute the environment at
Pros and Cons for Oil Pros Cons - Readily available - Creates jobs for economy when required to drill and transport - Largest provider of electricity - The world has been using oil for the last 100 years - Not much new technology will be required to extract oil - Use of oil continually grows the U.S. economy - If certain regions would be allowed to drill oil in, then more oil could be extracted and the price could lower for gasoline - Production of oil rigs could lead to the development of more
and the environment, a massive drive for the use of renewable resources rather than nonrenewable resources exists in the world. However, why do these people, including scientists and environmentalists, feel so strongly about bringing a change? Due to the damaging effects of using fossil fuels and nonrenewable resources on Earth, there is a motive to switch to renewable resources, such as solar energy or wind energy, in order to save the planet. Global warming, also called climate change, is the
How Nuclear Fission produces Nuclear Bombs and Energy KABOOOOM! That was the sound of the two atomic bombs the United States of America dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War 2. These two bombs were the main reason the Japanese surrendered, which led to the end of the war. The bomb at Hiroshima had a death toll of 135,000 and Nagasaki’s death toll was 64,000 ("The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"). So how are these destructive bombs made? They are made by nuclear
Generating Electricity 10/03/16 Introduction: There are several methods to generate electricity that we use daily for transportation, light, heating and making the food that we eat. Renewable and non renewable are the two types of energy resources available to us. The standard method of creating electricity has been by burning coal, releasing carbon dioxide into the air. It was perviously thought carbon dioxide created warming however this is strongly disputed now as the correlation between carbon
Secondly, solar energy is renewable and a clean source of energy that will be around even when the world runs out of nonrenewable energy. Reality is that fossil fuels are a nonrenewable source of energy and the world’s supply of fossil fuels before long will run out and become too expensive to drill for. Geophysicist M. King Hubbert originally predicted that 90% of all gas and oil will be gone by 2035 and roughly 90% of all coal will have been used by 2300 (“Energy Crisis”). As one can see while
world, Earth is facing a major energy crisis and consumes large amounts of energy. Moreover, both developed and developing nations continue to grow reliant on nonrenewable energy to power their rapidly expanding nations. Not only will the world run out of these resources, but the Earth will suffer because of the consequences that come with using fossil fuels. Luckily, there are alternative sources of energy such as the renewable and clean sources of solar energy. For the time being, fossil fuels
world with enough energy from renewable power sources? We all depend on energy to provide us with electricity for our daily activities. The energy that comes from coal, oil, and natural gas are called fossil fuel and these are nonrenewable energy sources. All electronics used electricity in order to be useful, and they all come from nonrenewable energy sources that cannot be replaced when is being used up or get flatted in our lifetime. Due to the fact that the nonrenewable energy sources cannot be
Power I.Introduction - The Origin of Solar Energy Solar energy is a photovoltaic effect. It is the act of electricity generated from sunlight. Sunlight begins with the sun. The sun is made up of four layers which are: the core, the radiative zone, the convective zone, and the photosphere. These layers have their own purposes that creates light. Light is a form of radiation, electromagnetic radiation, which is made up of photons. The core produces the energy by hydrogen atoms(H). Then it converts to