Fuel is a material such as coal, gas, or oil that is burned to produce heat or power. For many years gasoline and diesel have been the main source of fuel for cars and other motorized technology. These types of fuels are called fossil fuels and are non-renewable. Fossil fuels are a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. Non-renewable fuels are organically-derived fuels.
In summary all the people on the world need energy to survive. Energy sources are basically divided into two categories; nonrenewable energy sources and renewable energy sources. Nonrenewable energy sources are fossil fuel oil, coal, natural gas and uranium(nuclear). They cannot be depleted but these resources have been the most used type of energy in the modern era. Renewable energy sources are hydropower energy, biomass energy, geothermal energy, wind energy and solar energy.
I also attempted to look at three specific properties: 1. Does it reduce our energy need compared to current technologies, 2. it can be no worse for the environment and 3. Is it economically practical. Energy used by Americans today is predominantly generated by power plants. Most power plants burn fuel, coal, oil, natural gas, biomass, which creates steam to drive a turbine that generates electricity.
Geothermal energy can create electricity by the same basic method as current power plants. This occurs by drilling into a geothermal reservoir and using the steam power to spin a turbine to create electricity. Geothermal energy can also be used for heating directly without a power plant or using natural gas. It can be used for heating and cooling, food preparation, agriculture, and industrial processes. The one of the most important current benefits of geothermal energy is that it is essentially limitless and is considered clean, producing around one-sixth of the carbon dioxide that a comparative clean natural-gas- power plant produces.
In an era where depletion of fossil fuels a major problem and pollution an even bigger issue,it is only the alternate sources of energy which can meet the energy requirements of the future. So today i gaurav grover of class 10-b is here to share my views on the topic alternative sources of energy. Fossil fuels are an important part of life. When you turn on the lights, watch TV, or take a shower, the electricity that you are using is being generated by fossil fuels. The three types of fossil fuels are coal, crude oil, and natural gas.
SO2 emissions are largely accounted for from burning coal while NOx emissions from automobile fossil fuel combustion. Devices known as “scrubbers” can chemically eliminate SO2 from the products leaving smokestacks and can eliminate up to 95% of SO2 gases. Power generation facilities, rather than burning coal, can also burn fuels that emit less SO2, such as natural gas. NOx emissions can be mitigated from automobiles by using catalytic converters or by using a cleaner
Along with other sustainable energy sources, nuclear power is a low carbon power generation method of producing electricity, with an analysis of the literature on its total life cycle emission intensity finding that it is similar to other renewable sources in a comparison of greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions per unit of energy generated. Besides that, with one uranium fuel pellet roughly the size of the tip of an adult’s little finger contains the same amount of energy as 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal or 149 gallons of oil. If we look at the use of land perspective, multi-reactor nuclear power plants like Palo Verde in Arizona with a single plant are able to produce electricity in quantities that would require over 60 square miles of photovoltaic panels, and from 15
Electric power encompasses four primary processes: generation, transmission, distribution, and retail (wholesale and retail energy supply and services) (Viscusi). Generation starts with production through fossil fuels, nuclear fuel, and falling water(Viscusi). After the production processes transmission occurs, which is the high voltage movement of electricity between generating sites and distribution centers by mean of wires, transformers, and substation facilities(Viscusi). The next step is distribution, which is the transportation of electricity to residences and businesses at relatively low voltages using wires and transformers(Viscusi). Finally, the process that goes hand in hand with all these processes is retailing, which is the making of arrangements for supplies of power from generators(Viscusi).
54). Greenhouse gases come in many forms with some being created naturally and some being created solely by human activities. If these gases were properly controlled the natural cycle of life would absorb and reuse these gases with no harm done to the environment. Unfortunately, due to human activities these gases have reached highs where our environment is unable to absorb the impact. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that there are four main greenhouse gases that enter the atmosphere due to human activities, with three out of the four being due to the production, transportation and consumption of fossil fuels (par.
Gases are included nature gases, methane, butane, etc. Liquids are included crude oil, heating oil, diesel, gasoline, petroleum, propane, etc. Solid are included wood, coal, etc. [My View] In my opinion, I think that with this current rate of harvesting and increasing that rate, although we are harvesting a large amount of fuel, we still can access it for our life, but not our children, they won’t has