NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES

What are the advantages and disadvantages of oil?

Advantages
Ample supply for 42-93 years
Low cost
High net energy yield
Easily transported within and between countries
Low land use
Technology is well developed
Efficient distribution system
Disadvantages
need to find substitutes within 50 years
large government subsidies
environmental cost not included in market price
artificially low price encourages waster and discourages search
for alternatives
pollutes air when produced and burned
can cause water pollution

what are the advantage and disadvantages of natural gas?

Advantages
Ample supplies
Low cost
High net energy yield
Less air pollution than other fossil fuels
Easily transported by pipeline
Low land use
Disadvantages
Non-renewable resource
Government subsidies
Environmental cost not included in market prices
Methane can leak from pipe lines
Difficult to transfer from one country to another
Can be shipped across ocean only as highly explosive LNG

What are the advantages and disadvantages of coal?

Advantages

Ample supplies ( 225-900 years)

Hign net energy yield

Low cost
Well-developed technology
Air pollution
Disadvantages
Serve land disturbance, air pollution, and water pollution
Serve threat to human health when burn
Large government subsidies
Radioactive particle and toxic mercury emission
Environmental costs not included in market price

What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear energy?

Advantages
Large fuel supply
Low environmental impacts
Moderate land disruption and water pollution
Moderate land use
Low risk of accidents because of multiple safety system
Disadvantage
Cannot complete economically without huge government
subsidies
Low energy yield
High environmental impact
Environmental cost not included in market price
Risk of catastrophic accidents
Subjects to terrorist attacks
Spreads knowledge and technology for building nuclear weapons