Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Research in Science
Research in Science
power production methods. Over the course of a six-month literature review this study covered
the environmental impact and sustainability of four different power production methods: coal,
solar, wind, and nuclear. This study then used the information gathered to create a set of criteria
by which each would be evaluated. The goal of this study was to determine the power
production method that would deliver the most energy with the least amount of environmental
impact. Further, the scope of this study is limited to the midwestern states of the USA. This is
important because in the current environmental situation it is crucial that the power that our
cities run on comes from a source that is doing as little damage to the environment as possible,
essentially lengthening the life of our resources and ultimately our planet. By comparing the
pollution created, land required, maintenance required, average annual power production, and
miscellaneous other environmental impacts of the considered methods, it was determined that
the nuclear power plant provided the most power with the least amount of environmental
impact.