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Fuel Types - Coggle Diagram
Fuel Types
Hydroelectric Power
Advantages
Not produce carbon dioxide
Water can be reused for others purposes
Disadvantage
Building of dams impact the natural flow of water
Village and ecosystems are destroy when dams are reservois are built
Solar Power
Advantages
Not produce carbon dioxide
Not a limited resource
Disadvantage
Only efficient under certain weather conditions
Only occure in daylight hours
Visual impact and pontential damage
Fossil Fuels
Advantage
Plentiful supply in some locations
Extraction provides jobs
Existing technology:
The fuel is available for most countries to use
Disadvantages
Carbon dioxide and toxic gases when burnt (Impacting on climate change).
Extraction causes damage to local area
Limited supply: Prices will rise as the supplies get smaller.
Nuclear Power
Advantages
Does not produces carbon dioxide (Impact on climate change).
Power plants employ lots of people.
Small amount of fuel produces large amounts of energy.
Disadvantages
Risk of radiation leakage (Impact on human health and environment).
Waste products cannot be recycled as radiation active for centuries.
Limited supply.
Wind Power
Disadvantages
Not all locations are suitable.
Uses a large area.
Genereation only occurs in certain conditions (At ceratin wind speed).
Visual impact.
Advantages
Uses a renewable resource.
Does not produces carbon dioxide.
Wave Power
Disadvantages
Only in the ocean
Not very efficient
Large amount of resources needed
Advantages
Not produce Carbon Dioxide
Renewable resource
