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Natural Gas
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Heating, electricity generation, as a chemical feedstock
Wave Energy
Type: Renewable Uses: Electricity generation, desalination, water pumping
Wind Energy
Type: Renewable Uses: Generating electricity, mechanical power, pumping water
Coal
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Electricity generation, steel production, cement manufacture
Methane Hydrate
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Potential future source of natural gas, energy research
Petroleum
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Fuel for vehicles, heating oil, production of plastics
Lead Acid Battery
Type: Non-renewable when using lead from mining Uses: Automotive batteries, backup power supply, energy storage
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
Type: Renewable Uses: Generating electricity, desalination, chilling and freezing
Algae Fuel
Type: Renewable Uses: Production of biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel
Solar Energy
Type: Renewable Uses: Generating electricity, heating water, powering solar panels
Geothermal Energy
Type: Renewable Uses: Heating buildings, generating electricity, in district heating systems
Helium-3
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Nuclear fusion research, cryogenics, neutron detection
Lithium
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Batteries for electronics and electric vehicles, medical treatments, glassmaking
Biodiesel
Type: Renewable Uses: Transportation fuel, heating oil, electricity generation
Oil Shale
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Producing shale oil, electricity generation, heating
Plutonium
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Fuel for nuclear reactors, RTGs in spacecraft, nuclear weapons
Biomass
Type: Renewable Uses: Heat production, generating electricity, biofuels
Peat
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Fuel for heating, electricity generation, horticultural amendment
Hydroelectric Power
Type: Renewable Uses: Electricity generation, water management, irrigation
Uranium
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Fuel for nuclear power plants, medical isotopes, military armaments
Biofuels
Type: Renewable Uses: Transportation fuels, heating, electricity generation
Tidal Energy
Type: Renewable Uses: Electricity generation, coastal protection, tidal mills
Tar Sands
Type: Non-renewable Uses: Producing synthetic crude oil, bitumen extraction, asphalt
Hydrogen
Type: Renewable when produced from water Uses: Fuel for vehicles, energy storage, powering fuel cells
Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS)
Type: Renewable Uses: Regenerative braking in vehicles, enhancing fuel efficiency, motorsport applications
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