
Exploring Energy Resources
11th Grade · Science · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of different energy resources.
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To power the entire world with fossil fuels, you'd need about 1,200 square kilometers, but with wind power, you'd need about two million square kilometers, which is about the area of Mexico.
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Although fossil fuels require the least space, electricity generation is responsible for about 27% of the more than 50 billion tons of greenhouse gases we add to the atmosphere every year.
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Nuclear plants don’t emit greenhouse gases and don’t require much space, but they’re more expensive to build and have waste to deal with.
