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Are tar sands and oil shale a good long-term energy solution?
No, they are non renewable sources, more difficult to extract than oil or coal and themselves will eventually run out.
Why could tar sands and oil shale become important energy resources in the near future?
They could supply fuels that now come from petroleum
What is hidden in a rock that contains oil?
coal
What is a description of geological energy?
Geological energy is energy that appears normally in nature. Some examples are the energy released during: an earthquake; a lightning strike; tornado; or even ocean waves. Some of the most familiar geologic energy resources include: petroleum (oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids), coal, gas hydrates, geothermal resources, oil shale, oil sands, uranium, and heavy oil and natural bitumen.
What is the hardest fossil fuels to extract from the ground?
Oil Shale
What are the pros and cons of tar sands?
pros they have alot of oil in them cons there expensive to extract , there hard to extract
What are pros and cons of paper?
The pros would be e-paper uses less trees. You wont have a bunch of paper sitting around in your house taking up space. The cons of e-paper is that it uses energy, which oil is involved. If it used solar power energy, that would be a pro.
What are the pros and cons of paper?
The pros would be e-paper uses less trees. You wont have a bunch of paper sitting around in your house taking up space. The cons of e-paper is that it uses energy, which oil is involved. If it used solar power energy, that would be a pro.
What is a drawback to the use of oil shale produce energy?
Expense
What is a drawback to use of oil shale to produce energy?
Expense
What type of energy is fracking?
Fracking is not energy. It is a method of getting oil out of shale underground.
What are the Pros and cons on refineries?
Pros- provide places to refine oil and other crude substances; new refineries have 80% less emissions Cons- environmental damage; costs a lot of money; only a "quick fix" (we are eventually going to run out of oil)
What are the pros and cons of a car?
Cons can definately outway the pros. But major pro is definately self transportation and the fact you can go anywhere any time that you want. The Cons? Gas, oil changes, tires, fluid changes, and pretty much the prices for regular maintenance.
What is a Colorado resource?
Natural gas, coal, oil shale, Geothermal energy, solar enrgy, wind energy, hydroelectric energy,
What are some energy sources is nonrenewable?
coal, natural gas, oil, oil shale and tar sands, nuclear power
Which is a drawback to the use of oil shale to produce energy?
Processing, mining, and waste disposal is expensive.
What are the pros and cons of oil and gas exploration in the Arctic?
a con is oil spill ------------- A pro is that there are thought to be untold oil and gas reserves under the earths surface in that region.
