In this project I am going to write about Energy Resources. This will include non - renewable energy, renewable energy resources and what the environmental problems are and also find out if these problems can be reduced.

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INTRODUCTION

In this project I am going to write about Energy Resources. This will include non – renewable energy, renewable energy resources and what the environmental problems are and also find out if these problems can be reduced.

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Energy Resources                   1

Non-Renewable Energy Resources        1

Fossil Fuels        1

        Coal        1-2

        Gas        2        

        Oil        2

Nuclear        3

Fusion and Fission        3

Environmental Problems        3

Nuclear Power Stations: For or Against        4

How Can Environmental Problems Be Reduced        4

Renewable Energy Resources        4

Sunlight        4-5

Solar Power        5

Wind        5

Water (Electricity)                                                                                   6          

Geothermal Energy            6

Generating Electricity        6

Power For The Future                                                                               6            

Bibliography        7

ENERGY RESOURCES

Energy is used as part of everyday lives and can be used in one form or another. Energy is about doing work and it is all around us. Animals need energy to live and machines need energy to work. Energy exists in many forms, such as:

  • Light
  • Heat
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Atomic
  • Chemical-etc.

 

There are different types of energy resources. They go into two groups, which are Non-renewable and Renewable.

NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

Once non-renewable resources (natural resources) are consumed they cannot be replaced. The main energy sources used by humans are non-renewable resources; and some of these include fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil.

Fossil Fuels

Coal, oil and gas are the sources of energy we call fossil fuels. They are called fossil fuels because they are decayed and altered remains of plants and animals that lived on earth hundred of millions of years ago. Fossil fuels are usually found below ground (like oil and natural gas). Fossil fuels hold a lot of stored chemical energy. Burning only a bit of coal. Oil and gas releases a lot of energy.

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The six energy sources shown are mainly used in the world today and also show the amount of energy we get from each fuel.

Coal

Coal has been used for a very long time and still provides more than a quarter of all the fuels used in the world today. Coal is mostly made of carbon and has been used as part of providing heat and when machines were invented they were powered by burning coal. Coal is a heavily mined mineral. Modern machines are used to bring ...

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