Review the table of energy use versus land resources below. The perpetual column refers to the same land used repeatedly for the same energy resource. One-time use means new land would be needed to provide the resource again. Reclamation refers to the restorative processes necessary to return the land to what it once was. According to the data, which of the following energy sources below uses land more efficiently compared to its energy output? - Wind energy - Hydropower - Coal energy
Review the table of energy use versus land resources below. The perpetual column refers to the same land used repeatedly for the same energy resource. One-time use means new land would be needed to provide the resource again. Reclamation refers to the restorative processes necessary to return the land to what it once was. According to the data, which of the following energy sources below uses land more efficiently compared to its energy output? - Wind energy - Hydropower - Coal energy
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Review the table of energy use versus land resources below. The perpetual column refers to the same land used repeatedly for the same energy resource. One-time use means new land would be needed to provide the resource again. Reclamation refers to the restorative processes necessary to return the land to what it once was.
According to the data, which of the following energy sources below uses land more efficiently compared to its energy output?
- Wind energy
- Hydropower
- Coal energy
- Biomass

Transcribed Image Text:Review the table of energy use versus land resources below. The perpetual column refers to the same land used repeatedly for the same energy resource.
One-time use means new land would be needed to provide the resource again. Reclamation refers to the restorative processes necessary to retum the land
to what it once was.
Land use
Nuclear (mining) 16.66
Coal (mining) 11.11
Biomass
Solar
Wind
Electricity over
75 years (GWh)
Hydropower
Ⓒ Coal energy
0.40
Hydropower 2.50
Biomass
25.00
2.90
Acres of land (perpetual)
18
8.33
26
Energy Use Vs. Land Resources
Acres of land
per year
(One time use)
16.66
30
11.11
According to the data, which of the following energy sources below uses land more efficiently compared to its energy output?
Wind energy
Reclamation options
Very high cost (radioactive)
Costly (<1% reclaimed)
Replant trees/crops
Remove or replace panels and dual use of land
Remove or replace turbines and dual use of land
Drain dam + restoration
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