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ENERGY, Environmental impact - Coggle Diagram
ENERGY
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Electricity
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Electric power plants
Electric power plants are facilities where pnmary or secondary energy is transformed into electnmty, Once electricity is generated, it must be
transported to towns, cities or industrial parks.
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Energy sources
Energy sources are natural resources from which we obtain different forms
of energy that can be transformed for a specific use
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Household uses: the operating of electncal appliances, heating fossil fuel...
Industrial uses: the operating of factones and companies, construction, agnculture and so on.
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Environmental impact
Environmental impacts
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Fuel transport
Oil is transported by means of oil pipelines and oil tankers. Oil pipehnes can suffer accidents caused by nature or human error,
which result in uncontrolled spills.
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Final energy use
The fuels we use in vehicles and heating systems emit gases and
part les similar to those generated by convenuonal thermal power plants.
Waste treatment
To reduce the waste generated by thermal power plants, as well as their effects, several measures can be taken
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Waste from nuclear power plants is stored in drums with thick that do not let the nuclear radiation escape These are then
stored in ocean trenches and underground.
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