National and global energy resources & The National Grid

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What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

  1. Coal

  2. Oil

  3. (Natural) gas

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Key facts about non-renewable energy?

  1. Will all run out one day

  2. Damage the environment

  3. Are reliable

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What are the renewable energy resources?

  1. Solar

  2. ind

  3. Water waves

  4. Hydro-electricity

  5. Bio-fuel

  6. Tides

  7. Geothermal

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Key facts about Renewable energy resources?

  1. Will never run out

  2. Do less damage than non-renewables

  3. Don’t provide much energy and some of them are unreliable

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How are non-renewables used for transport?

  1. Petrol and diesel powered vehicles use fuel created from oil

  2. Coal is used in some steam trains

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How are renewable resources used in transport?

  1. Vehicles that run on pure bio-fuels

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How are non-renewables used for heating?

  1. Natural gas is used to heat water, and then pumped into radiators

  2. Coal are burnt in fireplaces

  3. Electric heaters use electricity generated from non-renewable energy resources

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How are renewables used for heating?

  1. A geothermal heat pump uses geothermal energy resources to heat buildings

  2. Solar water heaters

  3. Using electricity generated from renewable resources can be used for heating