Renewable energy Flashcards

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What is Ethonol

A

Corn added to gasoline to make it healther

We don’t get much out of it

Most common

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2
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Cons about trees

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Only renwable if tree production is faster than destruction

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3
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Hydroelectricy

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Uses Dams in rivers or near tides
- alters tides
- effects fish mirgration adn ecosystem

China has the biggest one

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4
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Wind Powers

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  • We have to mine for material in turbines
  • Kills 500,000 birds

3rd pop

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5
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Solar energy

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2 types Photovolic cell and solar tower

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6
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Solar tower and pannels

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Tower: Mirrors reflect into a tower adn goes through a generator
- kills a ton of bird by burning them
Pannel
- usually found in deserts but wants grasslands
- uses silicon as a main ingident

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7
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Geothermal energy

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Water deep undergroud is extracted and goes through the power generator process

Iceland and Cali bc of earth is changing there

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Hydrogen Fuel Cells

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Hydrogen is split into postive and negative charges
- negative flows energy
- Then they reconbine to become hydrogen and oxygen is added to make water

MOST EXPENSICE

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