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Nuclear energy is a rare form of energy, because of uranium-235. Radioactive waste is another drawback, causing nuclear accidents due to exposure to radiation. At this moment the cost of nuclear energy is beyond what we have discovered that could create a sustainable substitute for power. (Conserve-Energy Future, 2013) Although nuclear energy does have drawbacks, it also has benefits. It lowers the greenhouse emission in the atmosphere. It is provides us with at a large source of power, and is highly efficient. Nuclear power plants can produce power 24/7 and only have to shut down for maintenance purposes. There is an abundant supply and is easy to transport. (Conserve-Energy Future, 2013) Nuclear energy needs advanced equipment and atoms to be produced. The atoms used for nuclear energy are from the uranium 235 element. Power plants are used to reenact fission, or fusion, to release energy found in the uranium 235 atoms. The power plants have the technology to capture the energy released. They can also use plutonium atoms, but then they would be making atom bombs. (Conserve-Energy Future,
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If people used solar batteries to fuel their cars instead of gasoline and oil, we could conserve our fossil fuels. It could help our fossil fuel crisis and create less pollution. For this to work, people would need to install a solar panel somewhere on their house, and use wires to convert the solar rays into energy. This way you could charge your battery. The engines would have to be made to run on just a battery, instead of burning a fuel. With cars running on batteries, the pollution from the exhaust would not enter the atmosphere at the current rate that it does today. The only problem would be getting people to pay for the changes in their homes and in their cars. This plan has both pros and cons. Since people would be driving their cars on nothing but battery power, the rate of consumption for fossil fuels would go down. People would first need a car that could run on strictly battery power. That would require fossil fuels and electricity to build. Especially in such a large scale. Using the sun to charge the batteries, could also lead to advancements in solar technology and allow us to use solar energy for more than just a battery
If people used solar batteries to fuel their cars instead of gasoline and oil, we could conserve our fossil fuels. It could help our fossil fuel crisis and create less pollution. For this to work, people would need to install a solar panel somewhere on their house, and use wires to convert the solar rays into energy. This way you could charge your battery. The engines would have to be made to run on just a battery, instead of burning a fuel. With cars running on batteries, the pollution from the exhaust would not enter the atmosphere at the current rate that it does today. The only problem would be getting people to pay for the changes in their homes and in their cars. This plan has both pros and cons. Since people would be driving their cars on nothing but battery power, the rate of consumption for fossil fuels would go down. People would first need a car that could run on strictly battery power. That would require fossil fuels and electricity to build. Especially in such a large scale. Using the sun to charge the batteries, could also lead to advancements in solar technology and allow us to use solar energy for more than just a battery