Toxic | | when the LD50 is 50-500 ppm |
Bioaccumulation | | liquid hydrocarbons |
Teratogen | | hazard from a flood or hurricane |
heat | | largest producer of tar sand |
Influenza | | largest consumer of fossil fuels |
Uranium | | pumping heat generated by the sun |
Wind | | world's worst nuclear accident |
Netenergy | | least efficient device we use (waste 95%) |
Ethanol | | cheapest total costing electrical energy source |
Canada | | blood disease spread by mosquitoes |
Anthracite | | best form of coal |
plutonium | | causes the greatest reduction in life span world wide |
Mutagen | | source of almost all the earth's energy |
Birds | | nuclear fuel |
Tobacco | | most common moderator |
Asphalt | | converts sunlight to electricity |
pennsylvania | | just let the sun do its thing |
Methane | | deadliest disease |
sun | | don't stop viruses |
none | | our favorite nuclear employee |
Antibiotics | | toxicity factor you can do nothing about |
Active | | produced in breeder reactors |
Chernobyl | | current destination of nuclear waste |
Moderator | | problem exemplified by DDT |
Bhopal | | three mile island state |
China | | Provides the highest net energy for high temperature industrial |
Water | | world leader in coal consumption |
Distillation | | leading country in renewable energy production |
Petroleum | | main ingredient in natural gas |
USA | | combined heat and power for example |
Poverty | | resistance to break down |
Lightbulb | | fuel source for a fuel cell car |
Hydrogen | | the nuclear dream |
ANWR | | the total amount of energy from a resource, minus the energy |
Homer | | the best answer to short term energy problems |
Genetics | | radiation for example |
Physical | | slows down neutrons |
Lethaldose | | lowest grade distillation product |
Conservation | | worlds leading source of biomass in developing countries |
wood | | separates oil |
Carcinogen | | word leader in use of hydropower |
decline | | chemicals like those found in tobacco |
Persistence | | useful operating life of a nuclear power plant |
Norway | | Alcohol is a common example of this type of toxic chemical |
Coal | | number of nuclear plants built in the U.S. since 1978 |
Biomagnification | | bacteria and virus hazard |
south | | leading cause of death in the U.S |
CostaRica | | Bush's future home for oil wells |
Malaria | | direction windows should face for passive heating |
Photovoltaic | | biofuel additive for gas |
Cogeneration | | problem with most heavy metals |
forty | | worst industrial accident |
Fusion | | what will happen to the availabilty of all fossil fuel reserves in the future |
Nowhere | | what most energy is wasted as |
Passive | | often killed by wind turbines |
Biological | | when 50% of a population dies from a toxin |