Chapter 15: Nonrenewable Energy

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Thorium- based reactors

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Thorium- based reactors

Cheaper and safer but research and development are needed.

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Photochemical

Products of oil distillation, raw materials for industrial organic chemicals.

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Proven oil reserves

Identified deposits that can be extracted profitably with current technology.

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Business net profit

Total money taken in minus all expenses.

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The first law of thermodynamics

It takes high-quality energy to get high-quality points. Pumping oil from the ground, refining it, transporting it.

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The second law of thermodynamics

Some high-quality energy is wasted at every step

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Net Energy

Total amount of useful energy available from a resource minus the energy needed to make the energy available to consumers

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Business net profit

Total money taken in minus all expenses

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New energy ratio

ratio of energy produced to energy used to produce it

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Peak production

the time after which production from a good declines

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Photochemical

Products of oil distillation, raw materials for industrial organic chemicals

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Proven oil reserves

Identified deposits that can be extracted profitably with current technology

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Liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Low net energy yield and makes the U.S. dependent upon unstable countries like Russia and Iran

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Coal

solid fossil fuel

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Three largest coal-burning countries

China, the United States, and Canada

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Nuclear fusion

Fuse lighter elements into heavier elements, with no risk of meltdown or significant radioactivity release

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Refining

Heating crude oil to separate it into various fuels and other components with different boiling points in a complex process

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Petrochemicals

the 2% of the products of refining; used for raw materials to make industrial organic chemicals, cleaning fluids, pesticides, plastics, synthetic fibers, paints, medicines, cosmetics, ice cream, and many other products

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Fracking

High-pressure pumps shoot a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into the well; the pressure builds up and creates cracks so that the oil/natural gas can flow up to the surface

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Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)

When propane and butane gases are liquefied under high pressure

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