Environmental Science 15th Edition by Scott Spoolman,Tyler Miller

Exercise 19

Define hydropower and summarize the potential for expanding it. What are the major advantages and disadvantages of using hydropower to produce electricity? What is the potential for using tides and waves to produce electricity? Summarize the potential for using wind power (a) globally, and (b) in the United States. What are the major advantages and disadvantages of using wind to produce electricity? What is biomass and what are the major advantages and disadvantages of using it to provide heat and electricity? What are the major advantages and disadvantages of using biodiesel fuel and ethanol to power motor vehicles? What is geothermal energy and what are three major sources of such energy? What are the major advantages and disadvantages of using geothermal energy as a source of heat and to produce electricity? List the major advantages and disadvantages of using hydrogen as a fuel. Why is it important to compare the various methods of producing hydrogen gas?