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Three main types of Fossil fuels:
Coal
Oil
Gas
Ways fossil fuels are used:
Power
engines
Generate
electricity
Burned to provide
heat
Pros of Fossil fuels:
Cheap
Can be used in
any condition
Our current
infrastructure
is designed to run using
fossil fuels
Cons of fossil fuels:
They're a
limited resource
Produce
carbon dioxide
when burned
Sometimes produce
toxic gas
when burned
Nuclear energy is obtained from
nuclear
reactions
Pros of nuclear energy:
Do not produce any
pollutants
Can be used in any
condition
Cons of nuclear energy:
A limited resource
Produce radioactive waste, which remains harmful for thousands of years
Expensive
Power stations can have a nuclear meltdown, which releases large amounts of radioactive material to the environment
Non-renewable energy sources:
nuclear
energy
fossil
fuels