1. Nonrenewable energy
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2. Nonrenewable Energy
 = comes from sources that will run out or will not be replenished in our lifetimes—or even in many, many lifetimes. 
Carbon is the main element in fossil fuels and is released when burned.

3. What is a nonrenewable resource?

4. Fossil Fuels - Nonrenewable energy source formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago.

5. Most of our energy comes from Fossil fuels!
We use it for…
Transportation
Manufacturing
Heating and cooling
electricity

6. Electricity Convenient to use
Can be transported quickly across great distances
Difficult to store
Has to use other energy sources to generate it.

7. How is electricity generated?

8. Energy use world wide

9. Energy use in the united states
The United States uses more energy per person than any other country except Canada and the United Arab Emirates.

10. coal Inexpensive Needs little refining
Most of the world’s fossil-fuel reserves are made up of coal
Asia and north America are rich in coal deposits.
Inexpensive
Needs little refining

11. Coal and air pollution
However, clean burning coal technology has dramatically reduced air pollution in places like the U.S.
High grade coal create less air pollution
Low grade coal creates more air pollution
Sulfur in coal creates acid rain

12. Energy production

13. Natural Gas (aka- Methane)
Natural gas consists mostly of methane and is drawn from gas wells or in conjunction with crude oil production. As delivered through the pipeline system, it also contains hydrocarbons such as ethane and propane as well as other gases such as nitrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, sulphur compounds, and water vapour.
Is about 20% of the world’s NRE comes from natural gas.
Produces fewer pollutants than other FF

14. Fracking
Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well.

15. Fracking video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAxsTJd7VCA

16. Petroleum ( aka crude oil)
45% of the world’s commercial energy use

17. Oil spills

18. Nuclear power Fission Fusion
Splitting a Uranium Nucleus by bombarding it with nuetrons
Creates heat energy
Use this to heat water as in traditional power plants
Leaves behind radioactive waste
Fusion
Combine nuclei of smaller atoms to form a larger nucleus.
Releases tremendous amounts of energy
Potentially safer energy source than Fission because it creates less dangerous radioactive byproducts.

19. Radioactive waste Chernobyl in Ukraine 3mile island in Pennsylvania
How do we store this?
Dangerously radioactive for 1,000’s of years
Must control the process so it does not get out of control
Transmutation – ways to recycle radioactive elements.

20. Fossil fuels