Lecture
A Greenpeace activist scales a smokestack in June, 2004 at Hatsfield Ferry Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant south of Pittsburgh, PA. The activists placed a banner on the smokestack, and inadvertently exposed the weak security at power plants. No one at the power plant was aware the activists snuck into the plant, or slapped an enormous banner on their smokestack, until the media called them asking for comment. (Photo: Greenpeace. This link is not required reading.)
Before you read this lecture, make sure you read the textbook and understand Figure 16.5 (Figure 15.3, 4th edition) and how the background behind these key energy resources. This Lecture is organized into three sections:
- Indiana Energy Resources
- Transportation and Energy
- Future of Energy and Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Use the arrows at the bottom of each page to scroll through all pages of the lecture. You can click the tabs at the top of the page to access the three sections of this Lecture. Use the arrows at the bottom of each page to scroll through all pages of the Lecture, each section has several pages.
Your textbook goes into detail on our key energy resources, which include nuclear power, hydropower, petroleum, natural gas, and coal power. Your textbook also covers several minor energy production methods, including solar, geothermal, wind, hydrogen, and biomass power.
Let’s first define a couple of terms: Non-renewable energy resources are energy sources that cannot be replaced. These sources include: petroleum, natural gas, coal, and nuclear power. Renewable energy comes from sources that are replaceable or infinite. These include solar, wind, geothermal, and hydropower.