GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Natural Uranium, Wave Power, Jonah Field
8 Dec 2020
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Pressurized fluid injected into rocks opens up fractures allowing natural gas to escape and be captured. Controversial because toxic chemicals are used in the injection process can enter drinking water supplies landscape affected repetitious type of pattern. High energy density: one tonne of natural uranium produces the electricity equivalent to. Emits one sixth the amount of co2 than coal however, safety risks e. g. chernobyl disaster. Con%nues to leak 300 tons of radio ac%ve waste/day into. Will remain indefinitely b/c source cannot be sealed as temperatures to the pacific ocean high. Yet to see effects of this disaster. Rethinking oh how energy is produced: renewable energy. Green technologies = the development of environmental friendly sources that are minimally invasive on the environment and are a clean" alternative to fossil fuels. Solar panels large scale and small scale. Wind power: turbines _ capture and convert the wind"s kinetic energy into mechanical energy or electrical power/electricity, wind farms:
