Cristians Renewable Energy Flashcards

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Fossil fuel pros and cons

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Cons : will run out and damage environment

Pros: reliable

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Renewable pros and cons:

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Pros: infinite
Don’t damage enviroment as much
Cons: unreliable don’t provide as much energy

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Wind

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Each turbine has a generator powered by rotating blades
Pros: no pollution mininal maintance
Con: noisy/ eye sore
Un reliable

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Solar

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Pros: no pollution
Can be effective in sunny areas
Cons: cannot increase out put
High intial cost
Unreliable
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Geothermal

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Powered by heat cuased by the Earth decay
Pros: free, reliable, no environmental damage
Cons: expensive and rare

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Hydro electric:

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Flood valley with big dam and allow water through spinning turbines
Con: flood environment, problem if drought, high intial cost
Pro: can control out put
low maintance

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Wavee power

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Pro: low maintnce, no fuel cost
Cons: bad for marine life, intial cost high, unrliable if wind drops out, problem for boat

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Tidal barriage

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Dams built across rivers estuaries (tidal power)
Con: altering habitat spiling view, intial cost high, tide height can vary, prevent boats
Pro: some what reliable, no fuel and low maintance

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Bio fules

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From plants or dung
Pro: carbon nuetral, reliable
Cons: high cost, cannot be used in high demand, can take place of forsst loss of habitat and co2 emissions

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Sustainablity def

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The ablity for a process to be continued indefinately without damaging and degrading the environment which is relies on

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