Environmental Impacts:
CO2 emission reductions should be the major focus for our environment to become cleaner. Coal and oil mines are causing temperatures to peak across the globe as fossil fuels continue to burn and release CO2. In order for the environment to be sustained, energy must be renewable, but utilized at an affordable price for the consumers. How Oil is Made: Oil is a nonrenewable substance that is used throughout the globe to produce gasoline for cars, polyester for clothes, and asphalt for roads, but this source takes 10-100 million years to become oil. Oil begins as plankton. When plantain die, the organism sinks to the bottom of the ocean and combines with mud, which is then heated, pressured, and cooked into oil. Nuclear Energy: Nuclear energy is an energy source that powers 80% of France's electricity. Due to uranium's power as an energy source, nuclear energy is cheaper than coal. Some people fear the dangers of a nuclear power plant exploding, exposing people to immense amounts radiation, but within the last 50 years, only one plant has caused a an endangering radiation exposure to the public. Even though nuclear energy is cheap, creating a power plant is expensive, in order to contain energy within a facility.
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