1. Nonrenewable Energy Resources
Fossil Fuels & Nuclear

2. Coal Gas Oil High potential areas MEXICO UNITED STATES CANADA Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Grand
Banks
Gulf of
Alaska
Valdez
ALASKA
Beaufort
Sea
Prudhoe Bay
Arctic
Prince
William Sound
Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
Trans Alaska
oil pipeline

3. Fossil Fuels
* Combustion of a fossil fuel will always produce at least CO2 and H2O

4. Coal * the “dirtiest” fossil fuel * Contain impurities such as
sulfur and mercury
* When burned, SO2 and particulates (soot) are released causing air
pollution and respiratory problems
* SO2 combines with rain to produce H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) which is
the primary component of acid deposition

7. * Coal power plants in the eastern U.S. get most of their coal from W.V., Pa, and Ky
* This coal is very high in sulfur content  more problems with air pollution & acid deposition
* Coal power plants use wet scrubbers to lessen SO2 emissions and Electrostatic precipitators to lower particulate emissions.

8. * NC gets most of its coal from W.V. & Ky
Roxboro

9. Petroleum (crude oil)
* Contain impurities such as sulfur, nitrogen & oxygen
* Once crude oil has been drilled, pipelines take it to a refinery.

10. * At the refinery, fractional distillation separates the crude oil into usable components.

12. Natural gas
* the “cleanest” fossil fuel
* Mostly methane (CH4)
* Contains the fewest
impurities of all fossil fuels
* Often found with oil
* Hydraulic fracturing AKA fracking has become an increasingly more common way to access reserves

13. Nuclear
* Used only for electricity
* Uses neutrons to split uranium or plutonium atoms, usually U-235.
* This begins a controlled fission chain reaction that heats water

15. Nuclear accidents * Three mile island - PA March 1979
* Partial meltdown of reactor #2
* Reactor #1 is still operational

16. * Chernobyl, Ukraine (formerly USSR)
April 1986
* Complete meltdown of reactor #4

17. * Fukushima, Japan
March 2011