Energy and Resources Kevin
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- Fossil Fuels
- Combustible materials such as oil, coal and natural gas that are composed of the remains of formerly living material
- Solar Power
- The use of sunlight to generate electricity
- Nuclear Power
- Energy that is harnessed from reactions among radioactive isotopes
- Geothermic Energy
- Energy generated from the heat produced beneath the earth's mantle; usually in reference to the use of subterranean steam to drive engines that produce electricity
- Renewable Energy
- Any source of energy that can be continually produced and is inexhaustible given current conditions
- Alternative Energy
- energy, as solar, wind, or nuclear energy, that can replace or supplement traditional fossil-fuel sources, as coal, oil, and natural gas.
- Hydropower
- The use of kinetic energy in moving water such as rivers or tidal currents to generate electricty
- 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 resources (such as compost) used to create energy or agricultural products
- Hydrogen Fuel
- Hydrogen gas or the chemical mixture of hydrogen and oxygen used to produce electricity