Environmental What is this energy source Problems? Drilling, used for?

Cooking, emissions, destroy electricity, transportation etc How is power generated? habitat, etc..

Human Health Problems

Which countries use this energy source the most?

Coal

electricity and industry

coal is burned steam spins turbines

CO2 emissions, acid rain, mercury Respitory disease emissions and such as asthma and mining mercury in tuna US and China

Oil/Gasoline

Transportation, plastics and some electricity internal combustion

Brown smog, roads to drilling Co2 Respitory disease emissions such as asthma Some CO2, fracking can damage aquifers, pipelines can explode Toxic gas Evaporation and sediments behind dams, habitat alteration for river species possible accidents/meltdown s and where to dispose the waste Reservoirs of water can breed mosquitos in tropical countries resvoirs of water can breed mosquitos in accidents cause thyroid cancer, birth defects, radiation posioning and death

Saudia Arabia produces most but the U.S. uses the most.

Natural Gas

cooking, heating, electricity and transportation Turbines/combustion

Russia produces the most the US consumes the most Norway- highest percent of their own electricity Canadamost MW power China- largest dam France- highest percent of there own power US highest MW

Hydroelectric

electricity

water spins turbines in dams

nuclear

Electricity and weapons

Nuclear fission- energy heats water spins turbines

Biomass

Solar (passive and active)

deforestation, cooking, heating, electricity Turbines/combustion fertilizers/pesticides, respitory problems and ethanol and combustion engine and CO2 CO PM like asthma PV cellsproductions make PV cells- electricity Active PV cells- silicon + light toxins and passive- cooking and Active/passive- direct Active/passiveheating heat none none

US and developing countries

Germany historically denmark now europe and the US

Wind

electricity

wind spinds turbine

birds hit blades

none

Waves/Tidal

electricity

force of water spins turbines

disruption of marine habitat none

Japan and experimental in US

Geothermal

electricity and heating

steam from aquafiers spins turbines, hot water through pipes in ground water homes/buildings depletion Fuel cells split water into H2 and O2 gas. H2 is combustable uses fossil fuels to split water

natural sulfure becomes airborne

Iceland

Hydrogen

Trasnsportation

none

experimental