Alternative Energy Resources

Question 1

Recyclable: Nuclear: Locations

Answer 1

Kazakhstan, Australia

France- 1973 investment in nuclear power plants.

Question 2

Recyclable: Nuclear: Benefits

Answer 2

No burning of fossil fuels
Carbon free energy
Not as vulnerable to price fluctuation

Question 3

Recyclable: Nuclear: Costs

Answer 3

Plant accidents cost damage (Chernobyl 1986)
Use of nuclear weapons by countries like Iran
Extensive costs
Increase in cancer types.

Question 4

Recyclable: Biofuel: Locations

Answer 4

Brazil

Question 5

Recyclable: Biofuel:Benefits

Answer 5

Cars run on ethanol
Biofuels cost as much as petrol
Plants can be grown for the use
Increase energy security of a country

Question 6

Recyclable: Biofuel: Costs

Answer 6

Industrial pollution
Emits carbon dioxide, same as it is burning.
Leads to monoculture
Deforestation required.

Question 7

Renewable: Tidal: Locations

Answer 7

South Korea
France
UK Swansea

Question 8

Renewable: Tidal: Benefits

Answer 8

Controlled by moons gravitational point

Question 9

Renewable: Tidal: Costs

Answer 9

Has to be built close to land
Same effects of Hydroelectric
Expensive