fuels+for+electricity+-+lazytomato

=**Fuels for electricity - By Lazytomato** = There are many ways of heating wayer to make steam in a power station. We can: > > > > Burning fuels turns the chemical energy of the fuel into heat energy. When the uranium atoms in urnaium fuel rods are split, nuclear energy is changed into heat energy. > > As well as being burned, biomass can also be fermented to produce methane, which can then be used as a fuel > > ==Which Fuel ==The price you pay for your electricty depends on where you get it form. Electricity made from gas, coal and **nuclea power** station is cheap. But they all produce pullutin waste, which is bad for our environment. > > The cost of sorting out the problems caused by these waste products in the future isn't included when you pay your electricity bill, but should it be? Alll of these cheap sources of energy are also limited and will eventually run out. > > If you buy electricity from a renewable source, such as wind power, it is relatively expensive. Of course, you aren't paying for the research and constructed fo the new technology. > > But because wind power dosen't cause pollution there should be no need for future generations to paay the price of pollution. > > ===Nuclear Power===
 * Burn fossil fuels, such as coal, crude oil or natural gas
 * Burn renewable **biomass**, such as manure, wood from trees or straw
 * Split uranium **atoms** into smaller ones

> Nuclear power station use uranium as their fuel. There are lots of advantages and disadvantages to using nucleare power. > Plutonium is a waste product lesft over after the uraniuim fuel has been processed. It is radioactive material, so the ionising radiation from it can cause cancer. Plutonium is also a problem because it can be sued tomake nuclear bombs.