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Types of energy - Coggle Diagram
Types of energy
Thermal energy
Disadvantages
limited
major source of pollution
Advantage
supply modern civilization with most of its power
Nuclear energy
Disadvantages
costly to build and maintain
pose daunting problem of what to do with nuclear wastes
Advantages
plants efficiently produce large amount of electricity
Does not pollute the environment
Hydroelectric energy/ Harnessing energy
Advantages
inexpensive
environmentally safe
Disadvantage
impractical for communities located far from moving water
Solar energy
Advantage
holds great promise for the future
Disadvantage
methods of collecting and concentrating sunlight are as yet inefficient