National and Global Energy Resources

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non-renewable

coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear fission

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coal, oil, natural gas advantages

plentiful, reliable, cheap

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coal, oil, natural gas disadvantages

runs out eventually, CO2, oil spills, sulfur dioxide - acid rain

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nuclear fission advantages

no polluting gases, plentiful, lots of energy transferred, reliable

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nuclear fission disadvantages

nuclear waste, expensive to run and build power plants

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renewable

solar, tidal, hydroelectric, wave, wind, biofuels, geothermal

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hydroelectric

water flowing downhill turns generators

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biofuels

living or recently living organisms, plants and animal waste

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geothermal

radioactive substances in earth transfer heat to surface