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 * Sources ||  Advantages  ||  Disadvantages  ||
 * Wind || * Renewable
 * Use little land to built and the rest of the land can be use for agriculture
 * Use non-renewable source to generate electricity || * Risk of getting damage during thunderstorm because it is tall and thin structure
 * Can damage because of sudden burst of lightening
 * Electricity produce is lots less than generated by coal or fossil fuels. Therefore, has to build many turbines to generate sufficient electricity.
 * Depends on wind velocity
 * Noise pollution ||
 * Geothermal || * Less pollution because doesn't rely on burning of [|fossil fuels] || * Hard to find suitable place that provide hot water at very high temperature
 * Tapping the steam inside the earth’s crust can disturbed the methane stores beneath the surface and release it in the atmosphere ||
 * Solar || * Renewable
 * Solar cell is easy to install (example: rooftops)
 * Noiseless and stationary
 * Non-polluting source of energy because does not emits CO2 or other gases.
 * Can be produce at any part of the world || * Initial cost of installation is quite high
 * Not effective in cold countries –not effective in raining seasons and cold climate
 * Large scale application needs large area and higher investment ||
 * Biomass || * Reduce pollution
 * Tons of wastes which derived from livestock, food processing and household could be converted into energy and heat
 * Use renewable resources
 * Reduce dependency on fossil fuels || * Expensive – needs lots of resources to convert the raw materials to an energy sources
 * Limited sources – Plants used are not grown all year round ||
 * Hydroelectric || * Continuous supply of electricity
 * Amount of electricity produce is stable and can be controlled
 * Less pollution because does not produce radioactive waste
 * Very inexpensive once the dam is build || * Aquatic eco-system is disturbed
 * Floods from the dam can destroy lands
 * Risk of the dam getting collapse
 * Major problem if there is shortage of water specially during global warming ||

Let’s think of other energy so we can choose other energy to replace nuclear energy. Let’s start with wind energy. Can wind energy be the domain energy? The answer is No because to build the wind energy we have to consider many factors such as the speed. In Malaysia, there is no place that the wind is blowing with high speed and continuous. So, it can’t replace the petroleum. Next, is the geothermal energy? In Malaysia, we don’t have place that provide hot water with very high temperature. To turn the turbine, the liquid is turns to steam first. There are one built in Sabah but the energy produce is not enough. The other is the solar energy; It is true that the solar energy is a renewable energy. We can’t apply it in Malaysia because our country is at the equator (garisan khatulistiwa) and we get rain almost the whole year. We can’t generate electricity without sun if we are using solar energy. How about tidal? Dear friends, Malaysia can’t build the tidal generator because the tidal in Malaysia’s sea are not that strong to be use to generate energy. This ocean power can be done in Sabah but not at Peninsular Malaysia. Lets discuss about other ….n fill in the space below..