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most common form of biomass—**renewable** Pros: · burned for heating and cooking · In the United States, wood and wood waste (bark, sawdust, wood chips, and wood scrap) provide about 2% of the energy we use today. · Produces 90% less carbon dioxide when burning compared to fossil fuels Cons: · causes pollutions when burning · provides less energy than coal · cutting down the trees leads to less air 2 Uses: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Generates heat <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Generates electricity
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">WOOD __**

power that is derived from the force or energy of moving water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes—**renewable** <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Pros: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">controls flooding and provides recreational activities such as boating fishing and swimming <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">inexpensive repairs and malignance costs <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">in case of drought dams still will have a relatively constant supply of water <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Cons <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">disrupts natural seasonal changes in the river--ecosystem can be destroyed <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">produces as many greenhouse gasses as more conventional methods of producing electricity <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">expensive to build <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">2 Uses: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Provide irrigation and flood control <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Energy for electricity
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">HYDROPOWER __**<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">



<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Pros <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">reliable electricity produced <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">easier to store, transport, and burn than coal <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">most versatile fossil fuel <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Cons: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">takes millions of years to form <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">causes greenhouse gasses <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">many products obtained from oil are highly toxic <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">2 Uses: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">generates electricity <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">generates heat
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">OIL __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Eurostile; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Nonrenewable **


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">[[image:Miller_gas_reformer_H2_CO2_small.jpg width="497" height="417"]]

GEOTHERMAL __** <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Generated by heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface—**renewable** <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Pros: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Low heating cost <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Uses less electricity to produce same amount of heat <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Low levels of air pollution and greenhouse gases <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Cons: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Very high installation cost <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Coal based electricity, is not ecologically acceptable fuel since it releases carbon dioxide <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Causes global warming <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">2 Uses: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Helps grow crops <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Pasteurizes milk



<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Pros: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">One of the most abundant sources <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Relatively inexpensive <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Produces useful by-products <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Cons: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Emits harmful waste such as carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphuric acids, arsenic, and ash <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Coal mining can scar the landscape and equipment used for mining is large and noisy which can affect local wildlife <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">There are limited stocks of coal remaining <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">2 Uses: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">generates heat <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msofontkerning: 14.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">used to generate power plants
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">COAL __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eurostile','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Nonrenewable **



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