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Coal

Advantages
Coal can be found in lots of places in the world and there is still plenty in the UK. Coal can be easily transported to the power stations. Coal is a relatively cheap energy source.

Disdvantages
To dig up coal, we have to create mines which can be dangerous and not very nice to look at. Transporting coal by lorry and train from the mine to the power station causes pollution. Burning coal produces polluting gases like sulphur dioxide which make acid rain. Of all energy sources, burning coal releases the most greenhouse gases which may add to global warming. Coal is a non-renewable source and will run out in about 100 years. Coal miners can be affected by black lung disease or pneumoconiosis and also emphysema if they breathe in too much of the coal dust.

Oil and Natural Gas


Advantages
Oil and natural gas are found in lots of places in the world. We can transport oil and gas in pipes and by using tankers or ships.

Disdvantages
Environmental damage can be caused when building the rig and by accidental oil spillages. Oil and gas are not renewable, so once the supplies are used, they will run out. Burning these fuels releases greenhouse gases into the air. This may add to global warming. The price of oil and gas will increase because supplies are running out and lots of people will want it Working on an oil or gas rig can be dangerous due to the risk of explosions and bad weather.

Nuclear
Advantages
Nuclear fuel does not make harmful greenhouse gases. You only need a very small amount of nuclear fuel to make a lot of energy

Disdvantages
The waste that is produced when using nuclear fuel is radioactive and very harmful. It needs to be disposed of carefully Nuclear power stations are at risk from terrorist attack and sabotage. World uranium supplies may run out in about 50 years.

Advantages and disadvantages of science

Science and technology can cure your diseases, provide shelter and food for crowds of people, enable the creation of large cities to allow collaboration in enterprises, and perhaps even more. However an increase in mechanisation and automation has reduced the amount of work people are required to do to survive / gain nutrition. To the point where people may be almost entirely sedentary. That combined with the increase in processed high fat high calorie foods has led to problems in developed countries of obesity, heart disease and related problems. Military technology makes it quicker and more efficient to kill people than ever before, which directly gives a shorter lifespan. The indirect consequences of military technology are less clear -- it may be that people using the military technology to better defend themselves may live longer than they otherwise would have, and over the long term the threat of extinction from superweapons may cause nations to go to war much less often than in the times of the Caesar. It may also be worth considering the fact that a lot of the improvements in technology and medicine are ultimately derived from the vast R+D budgets applied to the design of military equipment or through the medical treatment of those people injured during war. Some broad examples include the development of plastic / reconstructive surgery to treat disfigured soldiers who had been injured in World War one. More recent examples include the development of new dressings which are much better at stemming blood loss and were introduced into service by the British Army in 2006 during the Afghan conflict and greatly reduce the risk of soldiers dying on the battlefield from blood loss before they reach medical facilities. Other improvements in methods are detailed in the related links. Ultimately as a large number of doctors in the British Armed forces are part of the Territorial army - What in other armed forces are referred to as reserves or National guardsman, they go back to their medical jobs in British Hospitals in the NHS and what they have learned filters down into the treatment of accident victims at home away from the battlefield. Another obvious innovation is most likely the screen your currently looking at, along ultimately with the computer technology you are using. A significant portion of the initial R&D budget for Flat panel LCD screens was provided by the military as they are significantly lighter and smaller than the CRT screens they replaced. This was of great importance as these screens form a major part of the display of information in modern combat and civilian aircraft. As the technology matured, the costs dropped and they became affordable for home use. Now the vast majority of people use a flat screen LCD monitor or television over the older CRT screens. The first digital programmable electronic computers were developed during World War two (known as the Colossus machines) to help decipher encrypted German messages and most likely helped the Allies win World War Two.

Advantages and disadvantages of science


As we all know, our live like it is now could not exist without science. We need and use it everywhere and every time. Just think about what would be, if we do not have our cell phones or computers. These are things we use in our every day life. And there are much more ways for communication and connecting to others. This technology and other technology like that we are using at home are advantages of science. For using this, we need energy and electricity, which are made by nature or by machines created by humans. To build the machines, there is a need of people who invent and create them, so there are new jobs in for example laboratories. In these laboratories are also made big steps in medicine, so we get older and can live without diseases that were once widespread. But that is not all: Thanks to science and technology, we now know more about our world and space like ever before, and we are getting to know more and more each day. And just think about traveling. Newer days we can go to every place around the world without any big problems. Also we can get food and other thinks from around the world more easier because of the better ways of transport. But we should not only praise the science. There are also many disadvantages. Just take the ways to become the energy we need. There are environment friendly methods like hydro and solar energy to gain the required energy, but unfortunately there are still today used rather the polluting methods like coal-fired power plants, nuclear plants and so on. Especially nuclear power is still very controversial and should be abolished, but that is a long expensive process. That there is a need to abolish this, we see if we just look back in time: Catastrophes like Chernobyl and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed already how dangerous it is to use nuclear power. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki while the second world war show also the danger of advanced weapon technology. With this technology there are more possibilities for war. And a war can be triggered if for example different countries fight about valuable resources, which are more and more important. The ways to become these resources are also not as safe as some people think. A current example that shows how dangerous it is for the environment to become these resources is the disaster in the golf of Mexico. There are also people who abuse animals for experiments, so we are safe if we take our medicine or put our makeup on. All in all, science have many advantages and disadvantages. What will happen to us and our world in the future because of the progress of science and technology can nobody know for sure. The only thing we know for sure is that a life without modern science is inconceivable.

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