Renewable Energy Vs Nuclear Energy Essay

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Introduction: I recommend that Japan uses renewable energies rather than nuclear energy.

Paragraph 1: Japan’s geographical feature (ring of fire)
Paragraph 2: The nuclear power plant accident occurred in Japan recently.
Paragraph 3: Japan’s economy, ecosystem damaged by the radiation.
Paragraph 4: what happens when exposed to radiation?
Paragraph 5: Advantage of using nuclear energy
Paragraph 6: Disadvantages of using nuclear energy
Paragraph 7: How many renewable energies are there, and what are the benefits?
Paragraph 8: what renewable energy fits the best?
Paragraph 9: How does the geothermal power plant works?
Paragraph 10: Advantage of using geothermal energy.

Counter arguments: Disadvantages of using geothermal energy (Energy generation efficiency)
Conclusion: This is
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As I mentioned at the beginning of this paper, Japan lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire.
This makes Japan’s geological features to have more than 200 volcanic zones.
This advantage gives Japan to have geothermal power plant.

Before we talk about the geothermal energy’s advantage and disadvantage, we have to know how it works.
In principle, a geothermal heat pump functions like a conventional heat pump. It uses high-pressure refrigerant to capture and move heat between indoors and out. The difference is that conventional systems gather their heat—and get rid of it—through the outside air. Geothermal systems, in contrast, transfer heat through long loops of liquid-filled pipe buried in the ground. And turbine converts the kinetic energy of the directed fluid (which makes it turn) into electricity. (ALEXANDER, MAX)

There are many advantages of using geothermal energy.
First of all, geothermal energy is a renewable energy source that’s highly environmentally friendly.
Secondly, geothermal energy resource is almost infinite.
If there is a geothermal power plant, it sustains between 5,000 to 1,000,000

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