Coal

Petroleum

Hydropower

Uranium (Nuclear)

solar panels collect the sunlight.

The heat from the earth boils water to create steam.

We pump it from the earth and refine it into gasoline.

We drill for it and burn it like coal or wood.

To make us use less gas in our cars

So car companies will make electric cars.

In order to tell us they are going out of business soon.

So government will allow them to drill in more areas.

Hydropower is a renewable energy resource. There are no disadvantages.

The power is used as electricity to power large buildings instead of homes.

Building dams can damage natural wildlife and water systems like lakes and rivers.

Most of the time there isn't enough water power to create electricity.

They emit harmful gases when burned.

They've been buried in the earth's crust for millions of years.

They're the most abundant energy source on the planet.

They're used to make gasoline.

Burning them creates air pollution

There is an infinite supply of them within the earth's crust

They are very difficult to refine into usable fuel

They are not carbon-based

A coal-burning generator

A wood-burning stove

A gasoline-burning automobile

An automobile that operates on fuel cells

Natural gas is a renewable resource; coal is a fossil fuel.

Natural gas is a form of petroleum; coal is extracted from coal deposits.

Coal is a form of petroleum; natural gas is emitted by volcanoes.

Coal is a fossil fuel; natural gas is a renewable resource

You can extract them without complicated machinery.

They are relatively inexpensive to produce.

Burning them does not have any negative side effects.

There is an unlimited supply of them.

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Created

Purified

Burned

It's derived from words meaning "heat" and "earth."

It's derived from words meaning "fossil" and "fuel."

It's derived from words meaning "power" and "energy."

It's derived from words meaning "sun" and "energy.