Energy

Obtaining Energy

Obtaing Solar Energy

• Makes energy from the sun.
• They use solar panels to get it
• It doesn't cause pollution
• They store the energy in solar batteries

Oil and Natual Gas

• It comes from under ground
• Takes millions of years to make
• Cost a lot of money to get
• They store it in barrels
• Its easy to transport

Fracking

• Drill deep into the earth
• Blows cracks in the rocks to get the gasses
• Costs a lot of money
• If there isn't any gasses they go somewhere else
• Store it in barrels 

Power Grid

• A network of power lines
• It covers a certain area
• It carrys electricity from plants to consumers
• The united states has 3 main power grids

Nuclear Energy

• Energy from when an atom is split
• 13% of the worlds energy is nuclear
• The energy is made in plants
• Has a lot of toxic waste 

Off Shore

• Gets oil and other things from under water
• Use oil rigs to get it
• Put it on ships and take it back to shore
• Place it in barrels 

Distributing Energy

Pipe Lines

• Some run through America and Canada
• They carry oil  
• They use it to take it to different destinations

Ships

• They put in containers 
• Put it on ships and take it to different countries
• America gets a lot of imported fuel

Power Substations

• They are used to restore power quicly
• Like when a place goes out of power

Non Renewable

Oil

• Its made by deceased animals that decayed
• It takes millions of years to form
• We are using it faster then it can be made
• Eventuraly we will run out of it

Natrul Gas

• The main Ingredeint is methane
• Comes from under groud
• NON renewable
• Takes millions of years to make

Coal

• Takes millions of years to make
• Its NON renewable
• Its made of deceased plants that have decayed

Uranium

• It is nuclear
• Energy made in power plants
• It has radioactive left over
• It is non renewable

Renewable

Solar

• It is made by solar pannels
• Changes sun light to electrcity
• It is renewable

Wind

• Electricity made by wind turbines
• It is renewable
• Produced by the wind

Geothermal

• It is heat from within the earth
• It is renewable
• Its heat constantly made within the earth

Hydropower

• Its energy made by water
• A Dam is an axample
• It is renewable

Biomass

• It is renewable energy from plants and animasl
• It is organic material that comes from plants and animals
• Example wood, crops, animal manure, and human sewage

Oil Pro:economical, Easy 2 transport
Con: Co2 Spills
Coal
Pro: Abundant, Cheap
Con:Co2, Water poplution

Natural Gas and fracking
Pro: Abundant Cheap
Con: Co2 Sink holes
Uranium
Pro: no Co2 efficient
Con: Waste Warm Water

Hydro power/dams
Pro: No Co2 Abundant
Con: Destroys habitats kills fishes
Solar
Pro: No Co2 Efficient
Con:Space Limited materials

Geothermal
Pro:No Co2 efficient
Con:Money Space/noise
Wind
Pro:No Co2 Cheap
Con:Kills Birds Space

Biomass/Ethanol
Pro:Abundant Cheap
Con:Pollution Food Shortage

Conservation

• Small things can save a lot
• Turn off water while shaving
• Turn off water while brushing teeth
• Set water heater temperature no higher than 120
• limit shower lengths to 5-7  minutes

Credits

• "Natural Gas." eia.gov. Web. 2 Dec. 2014.
• "Natural Gas." eia.gov. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. .
• "Solar." eia.gov. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. .
• "Wind." eia.gov. Web. 23 Nov. 2014. .
• "Energy Source comaprison." Energy 4 me. Society of petroleum engines , Web. 3 Dec. 2014.