7. Pros Cons
Widely Available - Used in cars, converted Non-Renewable – will eventually run out
into electricity, plastics, wax, asphalt
Creates a lot of jobs for the local Creates greenhouse effect by releasing
community as well as globally carbon dioxide and other toxic products
Safe – because it ignites at a relatively high Oil leaks will result in environmental
temperature disaster by killing wild life
Extremely powerful – No other fuel can Takes a lot of energy to refine:
move vehicles with greater speed at longer – simple refining uses up water in large
distances than oil amounts in distillation
- for more difficult processes like from tar
sands, the waste of water increases
enormously
Easier to extract and transport because it is Tankers and pipelines are vulnerable to
in a liquid form terrorists and other criminals, or simple
accidents
Economical - Very large amounts of The price of oil keeps getting higher and
electricity can be generated in one place higher because it is depleting
Consistent – can run day and night, The insecurity of oil in the global financial
providing constant source of power market will cause problems for countries
that rely on oil
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9. Pros Cons
Renewable - the supply of biofuels Require cultivating more land than
is less likely to run out is currently farmed
Eco-friendly - environmentally Require modifications to vehicle
much cleaner than fossil fuels, engines
producing less air pollution and
consuming materials
Cheaper than oil - the price of oil Not widely available
keeps rising
Flexible – can be easily mixed with Potentially high emitters of
other fuels nitrogen oxides
can use waste for feedstock Is a contributor of formaldehyde to
urban air
Better for car engines - improve Biodiesel still requires the use of
performances fossil fuels
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11.
12. Oil has been a combustion source for vehicles for a century, because no other fuels can
move vehicles with such great speed or at such long distance. People have discovered
many other renewable and eco-friendly energies that can replace oil, such as solar
energy, wind power, and biofuels. However, those alternatives are not yet in practical.
People are focusing on developing eco-friendly energy, rather than developing a
powerful energy source. Being environmentally friendly is an important aspect that a
new power generation should have. However, developing a constant and
powerful combustion fuel is more important than developing a green
energy. The power generation has to be practical, like fossil fuels. That is
why people keep using fossil fuels although they cause a massive pollution.