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Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

COAL

  • Used as an energy resource
  • Burned for electricity and heat
  • Industrial purposes
  • Largest source of energy for the generation of electricity worldwide
Photo by Jeffrey Beall

ADVANTAGES OF COAL

  • Provides 40% of the worlds electricity
  • The cheapest
Photo by _maara

DISADVANTAGES OF COAL

  • Kills thousands a year in mines
  • The dirtiest, most lethal energy source we have
  • Releases tons of carbon dioxide
Photo by ralphrepo

SOLAR POWER

  • Technology used to harness the suns energy and make it usable
  • Produces less than one tenth of one percent of global emergy demand

ADVANTAGES OF SOLAR POWER

  • Noise and fuel free
  • Technology and versatile
  • Has surged at about 20% a year over the past 15 years

DISADVANTAGES OF SOLAR POWER

  • Doesn't work at night without a battery
  • Cloudy weather can make unreliable
  • Solar technologies are also expensive and require a lot of land area
Photo by >WouteR<

SIMILARITIES

  • Coal and solar power stations are emerging
Photo by NicoTrinkhaus