Energy Sources

ADVANTAGES OF SOLAR ENERGY

• Its clean
• Renewable
• Soler Panels for homes can lower bills.
• Silent
• People who live in remote areas can use it.

DISADVATGES OF SOLAR ENERGY

• Doesn't work in the dark
• Very expensive
• Hard to set up
• Fossil fuels run some panels

ADVANTAGES OF WIND ENERGY

• Clean electricity
• Inexhaustible
• Come in all different sizes
• Land under wind turbines can still be used
• Good for people in remote areas

DISADVANTAGES OF WIND ENERGY

• The wind doesn't always blow
• Takes a lot of work for the electricity to travel far
• Wind must blow steadily
• Some people think there ugly
• Take up land

ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS

• Cheapest and most reliable source of enery
• Large supplies are available
• Transport people
• Makes plastic
• Easy to find and makes efficient energy

DISADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS

• Major problem of pollution
• Cause of "global warming"
• Nonrenewable
• Ruins the earth when we drill into the ground
• Killing wildlife's homes and killing wildlife

ADVANTAGES OF BIOMASS

• Grasses and trees can grow
• Renewable
• Adds value to agriculture crops
• Less money spent on foreign oil
• Growing biomass crops clean the air

DISADVANTAGES OF BIOMASS

• Cost more than fossil fuels
• Puts out some pullution
• Buying things needed to burn is on a shortage
• Chemicals are released when you burn biomass
• Biomass is hard to find

ADVANTAGES OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

• Renewable
• Saves money
• Makes heat and electricity
• Can be used without a spource of water
• Reduced reliance on fossil fuels

DISADVANTAGES OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

• Expensive to drill
• Only can be drilled were theres hot water
• Hard to get to
• Inability to be moved
• Hazardous materials

ADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR POWER

• Nuclear power produces 0 green house gases
• Its energy is more powerful thank fossil fuels
• Small amounts of nuclear makes large amounts of enrgy
• Produces small amounts of waste
• Relatively cheap

DISADVANTAGES OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

• Produces wastes
• Nonrenewable
• Its highly radioactive and will stay that way for years
• The waste has to be stored somewhere
• Construction & safety costs lots pf money

ADVANTAGES OF HYDROPOWER

• Renewable
• Cheap source of energy
• No pollution
• Works on a very large scale
• Supply can adapt quickly

DISADVANTAGES OF HYDROPOWER

• Building dams will flood areas
• Sometimes millions of people will lose their homes
• Changes the course of rivers
• Makes it harder for fish to swim
• Causes mudslides