Oil
Out of the 100 countries that produce crude oil, this country was the top crude oil-producing country in 2018, 2019, and 2020
What is the United States?
A country that exports more than it imports
What is a net exporter?
Coal is classified into four main ranks and the ranking depends on these two criteria
What is the types and amounts of carbon the coal contains?
What is the amount of heat energy the coal can produce?
Nuclear power plants use a certain kind of uranium referred to as this
What is U-235?
What is energy?
A way to produce oil from shale and other tight underground rock layers
What is hydraulic fracturing or fracking
Because a natural gas leak could cause an explosion, the goverment created this to ensure safe transportation, storage, distribution, and use of natural gas
What is strict government regulations and industry standards?
Anthracite contains 86-97% carbon, the highest heating value, accounts for less than 1% of coal mined in the US and it is all mined in this state
What is northeastern PA?
Nuclear power plants use a certain kind of uranium for fuel because of this
What is its atoms are easily split apart?
An energy source that cannot be easily replenished
What is non-renewable energy sources?
This method has helped the United States to increase oil production and reduce oil imports a lot, however, it has effects on the environment
What is hydraulic fracturing or fracking?
Processed natural gas has no odor, so natural gas companies did this so that people could smell leaks
What is add a strong, rotten egg-like smelling substance called mercaptan?
Water draining from covered streams may contain pollutants that can harm...
What is aquatic wildlife?
An uncontrolled nuclear reaction in a nuclear rector could result in this
What is widespread contamination of air and water?
A precise measure of the heat content of fuels
What is British Thermal Unit (BTU)?
Faulty well construction and improper handling may result to this
What is leaks and spills of fracking liquids?
The United States was a net exporter of natural gas for this many years in a row
What is 5 years in a row?
This changes the landscape and sometimes covers streams with rock and dirt
What is surface mining?
Nuclear reactors do not produce this while operating
What is air pollution or carbon dioxide?
Remains of plant and animal life that are used to provide energy in the form of coal, oil, and natural gas
What is fossil fuel?
This disposal method may cause earthquakes large enough to damage buildings
What is pumping or injecting deep underground to treat wastewater?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates in 2019 that this was the source of about 29% of total U.S. methane emissions
What is methane emissions from natural gas?
What is abandoned oil and natural gas wells?
The ground above the mine can collapse and this can drain from abandoned underground mines
What is acidic water?
A major environmental concern for nuclear power is this which can remain dangerous to human health for thousands of years.
What is the creation of radioactive wastes?
Oil (petroleum), natural gas, coal, and uranium (nuclear)
What is non-renewable energy sources?