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- Geothermic Energy
- Energy generated from the heat produced beneath the earth's mantle; usually in reference to the use of subterranean steam to drive engines that produce electricity.
- Fossil Fuels
- Combustible materials such as oil, coal and natural gas that are composed of the remains of formerly living material.
- Solar Power
- The use of sunlight to generate electricity.
- Biomass Fuel
- Disposed material or renewable resources (such as compost) used to create energy or agricultural products.
- Environment
- The air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors surrounding and affecting a given organism at any time.
- Renewable Energy
- Any source of energy that can be continually produced and is inexhaustible given current conditions.
- Hydropower
- The use of the kinetic energy in moving water such as rivers or tidal currents to generate electricity.
- Nuclear Power
- Energy that is harnessed from reactions among radioactive isotopes.
- Hydrogen Fuel
- Hydrogen gas or the chemical mixture of hydrogen and oxygen used to produce electricity.
- Government
- The political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration.