Fossil+Fuels


 * 1) ==Fossil Fuels ==
 * coal, oil, and natural gases are all nonrenewable fossil fuels
 * Coal- __[|coal website]__
 * decomposition from organic materials have been subjected to heat and pressure
 * to generate electricity from coal you can mine, transport coal to power plants, and the burning of coal in the power plants
 * carbon dioxides, sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, and mercury compounds are emitted when coal is burned
 * that's why coal-fired boilers are needed to reduce amount of emissions released
 * large quantities are used to remove impurities from coal at the mine, so aquatic life can be affected
 * Oil- __[|oil website]__
 * used mostly in U.S. for transportation and heating
 * found in underground reservoirs
 * oil produces nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, methane, and mercury compounds
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">oil power plants use large quantities of water
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">when the water is used for the power plants water is taken out of the source and fish and other aquatic life can be killed
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">when oil power plants are built on land animals and their homes are destroyed
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Natural Gases- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|natural gas website]__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">fossil fuel formed from buried animal and plant that were exposed to intense heat and pressure
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the energy from the animal and plants is stored in the form of carbon in natural gas
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">is combusted to generate electricity enabling the stored energy to be transferred into usable power
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">wells and power plants are two ways to get natural gas
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">nitrogen oxides, methane, and carbon dioxides are emitted when natural gas is burned
 * ======**Energy Resource**====== || ======**Advantages**====== || ======**Disadvantages**====== ||
 * ======**Coal**====== || ======burned to produce electric power mostly,======
 * ======**Coal**====== || ======burned to produce electric power mostly,======

energy per unit of mass
|| ======non-renewable, releases emissions,======

can cause acid rain
||
 * ======**Oil**====== || ======supplies us with gas, kerosene, wax,======

amount of thermal energy per unit of mass
|| ======non-renewable, releases emissions,======

risk of oil spills
||
 * ======**Natural Gases**====== || ======cleanest fossil fuel, alternative for gas======

thermal energy per unit of mass
|| ======non-renewable, releases emissions====== ||