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The most common fuel used to produce electricity is coal. This is being further increased by China as they bring at least one new coal fired plant on line every month. the vast majority of production plants in the US are also col powered, with a more recent historical push in the building and refitting of plants to burn natural gas.

The most cost effective way to create electricity with today's knowledge is through nuclear reactors. This method produces the most electricity at the lowest cost. The major issue is the radiation that remains in spent fuel rods. The newer reactor's use pellets and convert energy at much lower and safer radiation levels than the older reactors.

The second most efficient way is Hydro-electricity. A major issue with this method is the limited number of natural water falls and the damage that is typically caused to ecosystems by the building of dams to create artificial falls.

The least physically damaging form of electrical production is solar power. Solar collectors produce no byproducts in the production of electricity, and aside from the by products of the production of the actual collectors, have little environmental impact at all. Solar production however at today's technological levels are sadly not very efficient.

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