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No, it is completely different. Petroleum is a fossil fuel
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How would you arrange Nuclear power Wind power and Petroleum from highest to lowest percentage of world wide use?
Assuming you mean total energy produced rather than electricity alone, the order would be petroleum, nuclear, wind power
What is petroleum energy?
Petroleum energy is energy derived from petroleum products: gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, etc.
What is the source of energy in a steam engine?
The energy source in a steam engine is the heat source that converts water into steam thus creating pressure. The heat source itself can be a coal, wood, gas or petroleum burner but can also be something different like a solar panel or a nuclear reactor (most nuclear reactors are themselves steam engines-generators).
What is the examples of energy produce nuclear reactor?
If you mean energy produced by nuclear reactors, then "heat" and "light" would be the answers (Just think of the sun)
How much energy can petroleum provide?
peanut butter and jelly
Energy sources that are in limited supply?
Coal, petroleum, nuclear energy.
Is nuclear a fuel or a fossil fuel?
Nuclear energy is not a fossil fuel or any fuel at all. Radiation is used to create energy. The energy is "the Fuel" petroleum
What energy resources can be found in deserts?
Solar energy, geothermal energy, wind, petroleum, coal, uranium (nuclear fuel).
A form of energy?
Nuclear, Wind, Water, Coal, Petroleum products, Solar, and Geothermal.
What is Frances main energy source?
Nuclear power plants and fossil fuels such as petroleum.
What is an example of converting thermal energy into electrical energy?
A car engine, a coal or petroleum power plant, a nuclear reactor.
Do all of the energy consumed today is provided by petroleum coal hydropower and nuclear resources?
yes
What are the different types of non-renewable energy?
- Fossil fuel energy sources (coal-natural gas - petroleum - wood) - Nuclear energy sources (fission - fusion). Nuclear energy may be considered as renewable energy source.
What energy source does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?
CO2 (carbon dioxide) is produced when things are burned - for example wood, petroleum (and petroleum products such as gasoline), and coal. Most energy sources that don't rely on burning won't produce carbon dioxide. This includes nuclear energy (although nuclear energy does have other environmental problems), wave energy, geothermal energy, solar energy, and wind energy.
What is the same and different between uranium and petroleum?
Uranium is a radioactive metal. Petroleum is a complex mixture of organic compounds. Petroleum is a fossil fuel. All is different between uranium and petroleum. But uranium nuclear fission and petroleum burning release valuable energy.
What can replace dwindling petroleum one day?
There are lots of potential energy sources; some of them include solar energy, wind energy, nuclear energy, and many others more.
What is the differences between petroleum and uranium?
Petroleum is a fossil fuel, containing many organic compounds; burning of petroleum release thermal energy. Uranium is a radioactive metal; fission of uranium release a great quantity of nuclear energy.
