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Nuclear
Coal
Solar
Wind
BENEFITS
DETRIMENTS
Plantsproduceno
controlledair
pollutants
Producesthemost
electricityrelative
toitsenvironmental
impact
Mostefficientofall
theknownenergy
sources
VeryDangerous,example
Chernobyl
Wastelasts200500years
Unknowneffectson
environment
Longconstructiontimefor
plants
Targetforterrorism(asareall
centralizedpower
generationsources).
Largedepositsofcoal
areavailable
Safeandeasytostore
places
Easilyconvertedto
energysimple
process
Speedsupglobalwarming,
coalisnotclean
Pollutingchemicalsare
dangeroustohealth
Stillnotnonrenewable
Miningaccidents
Transportationisexpensive
Solarpanelsgiveoff
zeropollution
Abletoharness
energyinremote
locations
Userbecomesless
dependentonthe
worldsfossilfuels
Greenenergysource
thatcausesno
pollutionatall
Renewable;itwill
neverrunout
Thepotentialis
enormousofwhatis
possible
Weathercaneffectefficiency
Initialcostisquiteexpensive
topurchase
Onlyavailableindaylight
hours
Peoplecomplainfromturbine
noise
Windisinconsistent,
unsteadyandunpredictable
Notcheap,andrelymostlyon
governmentfundingto
function
GLOBAL DISTR.
POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Nuclearenergyisthemost Nuclearenergywasfoundtohavethesmallest
efficientwayofproducing
effect(only10%)oncausingglobalwarming,
energy.Itisacommunist
thereforeisafavoriteofmanygovernments
governmentsfavoriteway Oncebuilt,thecosttooperateanuclearpower
ofproducingenergy.Itis
plantisaconstantrateandispredictablesince
seeninalmostevery
theuraniumfuelcostamountstolessthan
countryintheworld,
$0.0003perKilowatthour
becauseitiswellknown Theprimarycostsofanuclearplantarethe
andproducesalotof
operation,maintenanceandcapitalcostswhich
electricity,whichbringslots
aremanageableindevelopingcountries
ofmoneyintotheeconomy
Coalenergyproductionis
Relativelylowcapitalinvestment(comparedto
oneoftheoldestinhistory.
gasornuclear)
Sincetheindustrial
CO2isextremelytoxicatconcentrationsabove5
revolution,coalhasbeen
percent.Theconditioniscalledhypercapnia.
poweringmachines,
factoriesandisalsocheap,
whichiswhyitisseen,less
commonlynowintheworld
Solarenergyisinitiallya
Amajorpoliticalissueofsolarenergyisthe
morecostlyformofenergy initialcostofsolarcells.Currently,pricesof
production.Solarcellscan
highlyefficientsolarcellscanbeabove$10,000,
beveryexpensiveandare
andsomehouseholdsmayneedmorethanone.
beingseenmoreandmore
Thismakestheinitialinstallationofsolarpanels
inEuropeaswellasNorth
verycostly.Sincepeoplelikecheaperstuff,they
America.Developing
willtendtoleanmoretowardscoalandNuclear.
countriesareworkingonit
Windenergyisavailable Windturbinesareincrediblyspaceefficient
obviouslyanywherein
Largestofthemgenerateenoughelectricityto
whichthereiswind.
power600U.S.homes
Countrieswithmanyrural, Accountsforabout2.5%oftotalworldwide
flatareashoweveraremore
electricityproduction
idealtohousewindfarms Growingatapromisingrateof25%peryear
Priceshavedecreasedover80%since1980and
areexpectedtokeepdecreasing