EESA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Biodiesel, Problem Solving, Plutonium
27 Nov 2012
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Humans (too many ) that want to live a certain lifestyle and that takes uo energy and that production lead to major environmental issues. Because we have been investing in renewable sources (wind etc. ) that is why the price is going higher. These things don"t really need to be so pricey. Its not really oil, it comes from trees, etc. Coal is the most dirty way to produce energy and it puts out the most carbon. Habitat destruction because you are making a river into a lake. You can affect the tectonics and actually cause an earthquake. Fission- the splitting of an atom into 2 by shooting neutrons at it. You can use uranium or plutonium but usually uranium. In a nuclear reactor, they try to slow the reaction down by putting it in water so tat it doesn"t increase exponentially. Small chance of accidents and security are issues. Problems is bomb making and spilling or disposal.
