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Chapter P7  Energy resources

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Most of our energy comes, directly or indirectly, from
the Sun.

Useful energy resources include heat and light from

the Sun, biomass and fossil fuels, water, wind, nuclear
fuels and geothermal energy.

These energy resources are often used to produce

electricity or other useful forms of energy.

Make sure you can give the advantages and

disadvantages of different methods of producing
electricity in terms of cost, reliability, scale and
environmental impact.
A renewable energy resource is replaced after it has
been used. When a non-renewable resource is used, it
is gone forever.

The Sun is the source of most of our energy supplies;

the exceptions are geothermal, nuclear and tidal.

The Sun releases energy by the fusion of hydrogen to

form helium.

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