PRESENT ELECTRICITY GENERATION

As the world progresses, the energy can be generated more efficiently with the invention of
machine and generator. For example, Energy production in Malaysia is 90.5% based on fossil
fuels such as gas, coal and natural gas. The fossil fuel power station have a machinery that
will burns the fossil fuel and convert the heat energy into mechanical energy. It mainly used
in Malaysia as it saving the cost of energy production, however it also one the main
contributors to global warming. It happened when the carbon dioxide or other greenhouse
gases from the burned fossil fuels are trapped in the atmosphere. Beside that, the energy are
also non-renewable energy sources. It takes million years to form the fossil fuels from a
decayed animals and plants, which mean that the energy is limited and we will not be able to
replenish it instantly when the source is out.

Meanwhile in a well developed country like United States depends on the nuclear power to
produce the electricity to the whole country. United States are also the largest nuclear
electricity producer in the world. The electricity are produce from the steam of boiling water
and turns the turbines that connected to generator in nuclear power plant. When it comes to
advantages of the nuclear power, the nuclear power does not contribute to global warning as
the power plants only produce no combustion by-products which mean that no burning
materials are made. Besides that, the nuclear power plants also has a very long lifetime and
generate the power in a large scale. Despite that, the disposal of waste is difficult and
expensive as the waste is radioactive. The radioactive will cause the radiation to human,
damaging cells and eventually lead to cancer.

Furthermore, the Hydroelectric also one of the main energy source in the world. The
electricity are generated by the hydroelectric power plants, the water will be storage in vast
reservoirs and flows through the turbines. Due to its geographical location by having the
largest proportion of water lakes, 59% of electric generation in Canada are hydroelectric
making that Canada is the world’s second largest producer of hydroelectricity. The issue is
the huge costs and the time it takes to build a dam, for example like Itaipu Dam which it took
18 years to build and cost almost $20 billion. Only a few sites are suitable to build dams and
most of the sites have already been developed. However, once a dam has been built, the
electricity will be produce at constant rate. The fuel for hydropower is water which mean its
renewable and provided freely by the nature.
REFRENCES

 Where Does Our Electricity Come From, https://www.world-nuclear.org/nuclear-

essentials/where-does-our-electricity-come-from.aspx
 Fossil Fuels Pros and Cons, https://energyinformative.org/fossil-fuels-pros-and-cons/
 Energy Policy of Malaysia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_Malaysia
 Debashree Sen (2019),What is Uranium Used For?, https://sciencing.com/what-
uranium-used-4928593.html
 Nuclear Power, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zyqnrwx/revision/2