P1 - Energy Resources

non - renewable energy resources
1. non renewable energy resources are fossil fuels and nuclear fuel (uranium and plutinium)
2. fossil fuels are natural resources that form underground over millions of years. They're typically burnt to provide energy
3. the three main fossil fuels are: Coal, Oil and (natural) gas
  1. these will run out one day
  2. they all do damage to the environment
  3. they provide most of our energy
renewable energy resources
1. most of them do damage to the environment, but in less nasty ways than non - renewables
2. will never run out - the energy can be 'renewed' as it's used
3. the trouble is they don't provide much energy and some of them are unreliable because they depend on the weather
4. renewable energy resources are: thin sun(solar), wind, water waves, hydro - electricity, bio-fuels, tides and geothermal
used for transport
1. transport is one of the most obvious places where fuel is used
2. non renewable energy resources
  1. petrol and diesel powered vehicles use fuel created from oil
  2. coal is used un some old- fashioned steam trains to boil water to produce steam
3. renewable energy resources
  1. vehicles that run on pure bio-fuels or a mix of bio-fuel and petrol or diesel. (only the bio-fuel bit is renewable though
used for heating
1. non - renewable energy resources
  1. natural gas is the most widely used fuel for heating homes in the UK. The gas is used to heat water, which is then pumped into radiators throughout the home
  2. coal is commonly burnt in fireplaces
  3. electric heaters (sometimes called storage heaters) which use electricity generated from non - renewable energy resources
2. renewable energy resources
  1. a geothermal (or ground source) heat pump uses geothermal energy resources to heat building
  2. solar water heaters work by using the sun to heat water which is then pumped into radiators in the building
  3. burning bio - fuel or using electricity generated from renewable resources can also be used for heating

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