Alternative Energy
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- Nucular Power
- Energy that is harnessed from reactions amoung radioactive isotopes.
- Solar Power
- The use of sunlight to generate electricity.
- Emission
- A substance discharged into the air, especially by an internal combustion engine.
- Gasohol
- Corn added to gasoline.
- Petroleum
- an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.
- Biomass Fuel
- Disposed material or renewable resourses (such as compost) used to create energy or agricultural products.
- Hydropower
- The use of the kinetic energy in moving water such as rivers or tidal currents to generate electricity.
- Hydrogen Fuel
- Hydrogen gas or the chemical mixture of hydrogen and oxygen used to produce electricity.
- Renewable Energy
- Any source of energy that can be continually produced and is inexhaustible given current conditions.
- Fossil Fuels
- any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived