Nonrenewable Resources

Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy

A. Fossil Fuels

1. Fossil Fuel-Fuels made from once

living organic material.a. Coalb. Oilc. Natural Gas

Over 1, 000,000,000 tons burned in US each

year

The U.S. used 6.8 Billion

barrels of oil in 2013.

The U.S production of natural gas is 681 billion cubic meters/year.

2. Main Use Categories of Energy Use

a. Transportationb. Manufacturingc. Cookingd. Heating and Coolinge. To run Machines and

Appliances

B. Converting Fossil Fuels

1. Why convert? a. To make electricityb. Electricity is easier to use to

run machines, appliances, and

heat homes.c. Imagine trying to run your car

or computer on coal

2. Coal-Fired Electricity Generationa. Coal is burned in huge boilersb. Boiler heats water to steam

c. High pressure steam turns a turbine (spinning wheel with fins)d. Turbine turns a generator

e. Generator creates electric

currentf. Electricity is

transmitted over power line to homes

C. Energy Use

1. General Ideasa. Developed countries use

more energy than developing

b. Canada and the US use nearly

double what other countries use

2. General Ideasc. We use more because we move

people, materials and goods by

truck or personal vehicled. Japan and other use trains and

mass transport to move the same items.

D. Fossil Fuel Formation

1. Coal a. Massive swamps produced vegetation that was then

covered by seas and deposits.

b. Process repeated many timesc. Weight, pressure and heat of

layers created the coal

2. Oil a. Massive deposits of

microscopic marine life dies and sank

b. Process repeated many timesc. Weight, pressure and heat of

layers created the oil by a chemical change