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What are the advantages for the use of Petroleum as a resource?

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Cheap
High energy production
Easy to transport, oil pipeline

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Petroleum as a resource?

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Produces GHG
Non renewable
Oil spills

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What are the advantages for the use of Coal as a resource?

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Cheap
High energy production
Easy to transport

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Coal as a resource?

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Produces GHG
Non renewable
Ruins environment (acid rain)

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What are the advantages for the use of Natural Gas as a resource?

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Highest heat of combustion
Ready made fuel, easy to transport
Cheap now thanks to Fracking

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Natural Gas as a resource?

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Water contamination
Non renewable
Produces GHG (not as much as oil/coal)
Possible leak

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What are the advantages for the use of Nuclear Power as a resource?

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No GHG
Loads of energy from little fuel
Uranium is abundant and cheap

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Nuclear Power as a resource?

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Toxic Waste
Expensive to build $$$
Risk of failure resulting in a meltdown

Could be a target for terrorist

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What are the advantages for the use of Hydroelectric Power as a resource?

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Always available / reliable
Reservoir used irrigation and recreation
No GHG
Cheap to run

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Hydroelectric Power as a resource?

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Blocks migration of animals
Vast areas may be flooded for construction
Low biodiversity

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What are the advantages for the use of Tidal Power as a resource?

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Tides are predictable
No GHG emissions
Renewable

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Tidal Power as a resource?

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Expensive to maintain (salt water breaks machine)
Expensive to build
Good tidal range required (not available everywhere)

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What are the advantages for the use of Solar Power as a resource?

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Doesn’t need a power line if on a house
No GHG
Free energy from the sun

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Solar Power as a resource?

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You need the sun, limited regions
Each panel doesn’t produce much energy
Expensive to construct, but getting cheaper (Chinese solar cells)
Need large area

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What are the advantages for the use of Wind Power as a resource?

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No GHG
May provide extra income for farmers
Long lasting

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Wind Power as a resource?

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Wind fluctuations distribution
Expensive to set up
Not all regions are windy [geographical location]

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What are the advantages for the use of Biofuels as a resource?

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Many forms
Carbon neutral
Can use waste to produce energy

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Biofuels as a resource?

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Not in one location, small amounts in different places
Food for fuel (monocultured energy crops)
Requires large land/area

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What are the advantages for the use of Geothermal Energy as a resource?

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Theoretically infinite
No greenhouse gases
Doesn’t need regular pipes maintenance (MOST COST EFFECTIVE)

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What are the disadvantages for the use of Geothermal Energy as a resource?

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Needs a large amount of area for large pipes

Pipes are difficult to maintain

Energy is difficult to transport over long distances

Underground welling may release dangerous chemicals

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Interesting fact about Petroleum?

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As plastics are made from oil, burning all the oil would limit their production.

Peak oil could be a problem in the future.

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Interesting fact about Coal?

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Sulfur dioxide contributes to acid rain (e.g. China, super sulfur coal)
37% of electricity comes from coal (world wide)

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Interesting fact about Natural Gas?

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Lesser environmental impact that fossil fuel (oil)
Can be used as a bridge fuel

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Interesting fact about Nuclear Power?

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15% of the world electricity is nuclear
Yucca Mountain to store the nuclear
10’000 years of radioactive waste

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Interesting fact about Hydroelectric Power?

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Three Gorges Dam in China (largest in the world) almost wiped out the turtles and dolphins

Many locals have been displaced
Produce 20% of the world’s energy
BIG vs SMALL hydro (no one likes the BIG hydro)
build small canal, the river isn’t blocked (Japan like SMALL)

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Interesting fact about Tidal Power?

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Biggest tidal power station (Sihwa S.Korea)
Tidal energy in the utilization of the sun and moon gravitational forces - influences the tide
Green jobs for fisherman

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Interesting fact about Solar Power?

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Germany’s solar energy is the most successful innovative worldwide
Germany has a fallback, unlike Japan (space)
Local green jobs

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Interesting fact about Wind Power?

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A wind turbine can power up to 500 homes
Wind turbines today produce 15 times more power than wind turbines in 1990
When wind speed doubles, the power produced by wind turbines increase by 8 times in theory

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Interesting fact about Bio Fuels?

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Mexico vs USA (Mexico needs food)
Because of the recent concern about food shortages, many countries are revising their biofuel plans
Brazil uses sugarcanes to produce biofuel

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Interesting fact about Geothermal Energy?

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Iceland runs geothermal pipes under their roads to melt the ice (sits on a tectonic plate)
Areas w/ active volcanos (i.e. NZ, Hawaii, Iceland) good for geothermal
Geothermal energy can be ran in conjunction w/hot spring which is a tourist attraction