environmental impact on energy consumption

By Gracie Gellman and Pilar Giffenig

Most Consequential Types of Waste

• Nitrogen oxides

• Carbon dioxide

• Sulfur dioxide

• Mercury compounds

• Methane

NATURAL GAS• Nitrogen oxides, carbon

monoxide, & carbon dioxide

• Less emissions than coal or oil

• Methane sometimes emitted or leaked

• Affects people and animals who depend on aquatic life in lakes and rivers

COAL• Carbon dioxide, sulfur

dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and mercury compounds

• Gives off sulfur dioxide – harms trees

• Lakes and rivers are contaminated from coal power plants

OIL

• Methane from oil wells & equipment

• Natural gas burned from oil production

• Harmful to fish and plants

NUCLEAR ENERGY

• Fossil fuels are emitted because of the uranium

• Aquatic life badly affected because of water removal

• Radioactive waste

HYDROELECTRICITY• Methane and nitrous

oxide can be released if vegetation decomposes into the lake

• No fuels are burned during process

• Affects people and animals who rely on the rivers

• Affects drinking water, supplies, plants, and wildlife

BIOMASS

• Nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide

• Ash is created when biomass is burned