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NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY Coal Oil Natural gas nuclear
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definition Non-renewable- any natural resource that cannot be replenished by natural means at the same rates that it is consumed Examples?
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COAL How mined? Surface Underground Longwall
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COAL Processing steps Washed crushed
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COAL uses
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DTE Monroe Coal plant
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How it works
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coal advantages Plentiful in US inexpensive disadvantages Produces CO 2 when burned Produces ash- must be disposed of
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OIL How mined? Drilled Pumped out Into pipeline
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Processing (refining) steps: Boiled Separates based on boiling point and density OIL
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Oil uses
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Oil Advantages High heating value Abundant Easy to refine disadvantages Emits CO 2 rely on foreign sources Oil spills
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NATURAL GAS How mined? Fracking Force chemical laden water thru fractures and breaks up shale Releases oil and gas
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Processing (refining) Removes impurities Mainly sulfur
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Natural Gas advantages Burns cleaner Inexpensive No ash High heating value diadvantages Hard to recover from ground Contaminate groundwater?
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NUCLEAR Uranium mining Surface mining (mostly)
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Uranium processing Crush Purified Dried Yellow cake Enriched to concentrate
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Uranium uses? Nuclear power plants (electricity) Nuclear weapons
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Nuclear power plant how it works
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Fermi 2, Monroe Michigan
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nuclear Advantages No emissions Cost efficient Disadvantages Radioactivity Nuclear waste Plants expensive to build
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