Consumption

I think we should keep TMI(Three Mile Island) because the positives outweigh the cons. In my opinion, keeping TMI would be a good idea because of the amount of energy it can produce. If they closed TMI then a lot of people would lose their jobs. TMI produces emission free energy unlike coal or other fuels. If TMI closes, then Pennsylvania's main source of energy would be coal or propane which is very bad for the air. Nuclear power has many positives to using them over any other type of power.…

Horizontal drilling, also known as, fracking is a method of drilling into Shale to extract gas. Shale gas is abundant in the United States, which could mean energy independence. The amount of natural gas in the United States is equivalent to two amounts of oil in Saudi Arabia's. However, this process raises concerns, health concerns in particular. The luxury of drinking water out of the tap has been taken away from communities where fracking has hit. The economic benefits of fracking do not…

In the article titled “The waste to energy controversy” the author discusses how recycling is better than converting waste to energy. Although an article from eenews.net states, “on the whole, waste-to-energy facilities, which are small operations, emit far less particulate matter than large coal plants, a contrary report by the Environmental Integrity Project states, “Maryland's trash-burning plants -- which the state considers sources of renewable energy -- generated up to five times the…

Bruce Power Limited Partnership is a Canadian business partnership that consists of TransCanada Corp., Borealis Infrastructure, The Power Workers’ Union and The Society of Energy Professionals (Bruce Power, 2015). It operates one of the largest nuclear facilities in the world and is Canada’s only private sector nuclear generator that powers over a quarter of Ontario’s electricity. This facility is headquartered on Lake Huron in Tiverton, Ontario and houses two nuclear generating stations, known…

Today I am going to talk about the topic of nuclear power. A local Nuclear Power Plant has come up with the idea to build a power plant in the town of Enola, PA. As the governor of Harrisburg, I am persuaded you to allow this to happen. There are three reasons you should allow this to happen. One reason is that it doesn’t cause pollution. Another reason is that it would produce more energy for the state. The last reason is that the operating cost is low. These are some reasons that you should…

8th - Chapter 11 Vocab Chapter 11 Vocab begins on pg. 384 Petroleum Liquid fossil fuel; oil Refinery A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products Petrochemical A compound made from oil solar energy energy from the sun hydroelectric power Electricity produced using the energy of flowing water biomass fuel Fuel made from living things Gasohol A mixture of gasoline and alcohol. geothermal energy Heat from Earth's interior. Nucleus the central and most important…

Batteries could become the new revolution of our alternative fuel to our society. The first battery was created in 1800 with some copper wire and zinc and since then technology has advanced the battery ever since then. Batteries today can be used over and over again unlike before you could only use it once then you would throw it away (Mooney 2). Batteries are used everywhere and it may not seem like it but technology has advanced it to become small and miniscule so that they can fit into our…

The graphs depict the units of elctricity generated by fuel source in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000. Overall, the production of electricity increased significantly in both countries after 20 years. In 1980, the number of units of electricity production of Autralia ( 100 units) was 10 units higher than that of France. Coal produced half of the electric units in Australian while both natural gas and hydro power accounted for 20 per cent accordingly of total production. Oil only generated…

Nuclear commercial applications would be glowing watches, exit signs, glowing key chains, glowing compasses, rifle sights, and runway markers. Many of these are here today from Tritium illumination. Tritium was predicted in the 1920s by a very smart man named, Walter Russell. Later on, in 1934, Tritium was produced by Ernest Rutherford, who had companions in the production named Mark Oliphant and Paul Harteck. He also needed some help with being able to isolate Tritium, so he also needed help…

Energy sustainability has posed a great threat to most of the nations in the world today. Policy makers have researched and suggested on various methods that nations can utilize in order to sustain their energy resources without creating detrimental environmental setbacks or incurring huge costs. One of the various policies debated and researched about is the sustainabile energy policy. It advocates for a better approach towards renewable sources of energy, the diversification of energy…