Energy Resources

SolarRenewable

Advantages: Battery Chargers Can Charge The Solar Panels Over Night.

They Do Not Make A Single Noise. Very Little Maintenance Is Needed. Disadvantages: Need Larger Areas, Which Makes The Cost

Increase. Pollution Makes The Photovoltaic Cells Harder To Read

The Sun. Clouds Also Do The Same. Only Useful When Sun Is Shining. Certain Types Of Buildings Or Areas Can Cause To Have

The Photovoltaic Cells Not Be able To Read The Sun As Well.

Solar Power

The third method, known as passive solar

Nellis Solar Power Plant, the largest photovoltaic power plant in North America.

The world's largest solar energy dish at the Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center in Sde Boker, Israel.

Hydro ElectricRenewable

Advantages: Endless fuel source Minimal environmental impact Reliable source--relatively useful levels of energy

production Can be used throughout the world Disadvantages: Smaller models get less energy from

the fast moving river flow. Run of the river plants can impact the mobility of fish

and other river life. Building a fish ladder can decrease negative

hydroelectric power

Hydro Electric

The Hoover Dam, which provides electricity for Nevada, California and Arizona

hydroelectric power doesn't necessarily require a large dam.

GE invests $6 Billion in renewable energy

WindRenewable

Advantages: Endless fuel source No pollution Often an excellent supplement to other renewable

sources Disadvantages: This source means low energy

production--large numbers of wind generators (and large land areas) are required to produce useful amounts of heat or electricity

Only areas of the world with lots of wind are suitable for wind power generation

Relatively expensive to maintain

Texas has pulled ahead in the final stretch of getting the nation's first offshore wind farm

Wind

Geo ThermalNon-Renewable\Renewable

Advantages: No pollution Often an excellent power source to other

renewable sources Does not require structures such as solar

panels or windmills to collect the energy--can be directly used to heat or produce electricity

Disadvantages: Not available in many locations

Not much power per vent

Geo Thermal

CoalNonrenewable

Advantages: . The electricity produced from coal is not just enormous, but much more reliable than the other forms of energy

Unlike alternative energy sources, such as solar power and wind power, this source is not at all dependent on the weather

This source of energy can be safely stored, and it is possible to make arrangements for the time of emergency

Disadvantages: One of the biggest disadvantage of coal is air pollution

Many harmful gases, including carbon dioxide, sulfuric dioxide and ash, are released in the environment when coal is burned to produce energy

People say that the coal is one of the best among the fossil fuels, it doesn't mean that the coal deposits will be there forever.

Coal

NuclearNonrenewable

Advantages: The Earth has limited supplies of coal and oil. Nuclear power plants could still produce electricity after coal and oil become scarce.

Coal and oil burning plants pollute the air. Well-operated nuclear power plants do not release contaminants into the environment.

Disadvantages: Nuclear explosions produce radiation. The nuclear radiation harms the cells of the body which can make people sick or even kill them

Nuclear reactors also have waste disposal problems. Reactors produce nuclear waste products which emit dangerous radiation they could kill people who touch they cannot be thrown away like garbage.

Nuclear

Fossil FuelsNonrenewable

Advantages: More environment friendly than coal. Emits 45% less carbon dioxide than coal. Safely stored and burned. High heating value of 24,000 BTU per pound. Can produce up to 24 hours of electricity per week. Cheap Disadvantages: Can run out. Can be dangerous if handled carelessly (highly flammable). Fossil fuel deaths are common because of high carbon

dioxide. (if handled carelessly) Transportation costs a lot. Its extraction leaves large craters in the earth. A cause for global warming.

Fossil Fuels

Bio-Fuel (Biomass)Renewable

Advantages: Available throughout the world. Always available.Growing biomass crops produce oxygen and

eliminates carbon dioxide. Less money spent on foreign oils.Carbon dioxide is released when bio-fuel is being

burned. It is taken in by plants. Disadvantages: Research is needed to reduce the

costs of production of biomass based fuels.Is in some cases is a major cause of pollution.

Bio-Fuel(Biomass)

Opinion (Hydro-Electric)I would choose hydro-electric power because

it is a renewable power source. You can use it any where in the world. It does not do anything harmful to the earth.

I would also choose this power source because it is a reliable source. You would always have water.