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Energy Resources Background: Energy consists of many types of categories: * Sound Energy * Heat Energy * Light Energy * Electrical Energy * Kinetic Energy * Chemical Energy * Nuclear Energy * Gravitational Potential Energy * Elastical Potential Energy The conservation of energy law states: What are energy resources? Energy resources occur in many different states, renewable and non-renewable. There are, fossil fuels, which consists of oil, gas and coal. There are also resources that generate electrical energy, which is then transferred into the energy needed. Examples of these are, hydroelectric power; wind power; geothermal energy and more, later discussed in this project. I mentioned these words previously: Renewable and Non-renewable. What do they mean? Well, it is very simple. Renewable means when energy resources are being replaced constantly, like solar power, we never run out of the sun. Non-renewable means when energy resources cannot be replaced easily and quickly, like fossil fuels, they take millions of years to be produced. I am sure any one would think...

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