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| Fossil Fuel - types and % |
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Definition
Coal - 27%
Oil - 40%
Natural Gas - 21% |
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Definition
| useful value to humans, can be extracted |
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Definition
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| Types of fossil fuels - amount of yers left |
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Definition
Coal - 220
Oil - 40
Natural Gas - 125 |
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Term
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Definition
Peat
Lignite
Bituminous
Anthracite |
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Term
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Definition
high pressures
underwater |
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Term
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Definition
more pressure and heat than Peat
earth's center
not usefully extracted |
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Term
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Definition
more pressure and heat than Lignite
soft
eastiest to mine; not very clean |
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Term
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Definition
enough time, temperature and pressure
hard
most energy; hard to get; expensive |
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Term
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Definition
strip (surface)
underground |
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Term
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Definition
| easy oil fields have already been tapped and drained; cost increasing; CRUDE OIL MUST BE REFINED |
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Term
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Definition
| cleanest burning fossil fuel; piplines |
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Term
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Definition
| anything that can replace itself over a short period of time |
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Term
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Definition
| anything that cannot replace itself over a short period of time |
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Term
| Types of renewable energy |
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Definition
BIOMASS
solid wastes
solar
geothermal
tidal
WIND
WATER |
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Term
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Definition
| Suns energy uses 600 times greater than that produced by all other forms |
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Term
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Definition
Passive Systems
Active Systems
Solar-generated Electricity |
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Term
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Definition
| maintenance and energy free |
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Term
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Definition
| pumps require maintenance (moving energy) |
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Term
| Solar-generated Electricity |
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Definition
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