2006-12-06 12:09:03 · 8 answers · asked by smallville_gal_1129 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
renewable - you can't use up all of the nuclear energy on the planet
even if you use up all of the uranium or plutonium in the world you could still find it, in theory, somewhere else in the universe
but if you use up all of the crude oil - since there aren't any more dinosaurs around - there won't be anymore
2006-12-06 12:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by forex 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nonrenewable
2006-12-06 12:18:00 · answer #2 · answered by Allonsy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fission from lighter to heavier elements, such as Hydrogen to Helium, could be considered highly renewable as long as lighter elements can be found in nature- such as the splitting of water molecules. Renewable implies that somehow an energy source is inexhaustible, which of course, all sources eventually are extinguished. The high degree of toxicity with fission makes fusion a much more attractive alternative.
2006-12-06 12:16:10 · answer #3 · answered by RHJ Cortez 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A renewable source is something that is replenished. (i.e. alcohol from corn, bio-diesel from vegetable oil, wood, and so forth.) normally, electrical energy is generated with the aid of burning the substance, the two via powering an engine that turns a generator, or via boiling water to offer steam, which then turns a generator. Wind and Hydro skill use the certainly happening action in nature to coach turbines, and image voltaic skill is generated while the sunlight strikes a floor lined with a definite chemical that reacts to sunlight. Nuclear skill is non-renewable because of the fact it makes use of a technique referred to as fission. whilst it creates an incredible volume of skill from a small volume of gas, it does require fissionable cloth, it is expended interior the reaction. on condition that there is in undemanding terms a finite volume of this gas on the planet, and the expended gas is ineffective waste, it fairly is non-renewable. it is till ultimately we decide nuclear fusion, which insead of "burning" gas, certainly creates it.
2016-12-11 03:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuclear is definitely not a renewable source of energy. Uranium WILL run out. further more, after a short while, the refinement process will be just as dirty as oil with CO2 emission. Uranium is just another natural resource that can be depleted.
2006-12-06 12:13:35 · answer #5 · answered by halfrican_san 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Vast but nonrenewable.
2006-12-06 12:12:22 · answer #6 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hi
2013-10-01 11:51:40 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph Altieri 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Breeder reactors are more or less renewable and clean. They "burn" the waste to generate more steam.
2006-12-06 12:16:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋