Take some time to research a utility plant. If there is one in your area, you may even visit it. Otherwise, look up a type of plant that produces energy - such as a nuclear power plant, a hydroelectric plant, or a coal-burning plant. Find out what energy resources are brought into the plant. Then find out what energy and what “waste” is produced by the plant. Describe how the two Laws of Thermodynamics apply to what you find out in your research. Be thorough. You will be using the information you gather to engage in a debate with your class about thermodynamics.

The energy resource brought into a coal power plant is coal.

Found the answer at: https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/coal/how-a-coal-plant-works#:~:text=Coal%2Dfired%20plants%20produce%20electricity,to%20start%20the%20process%20over.

The waste produced by coal power plants is coal ash and the energy produced by coal power plants is electricity.

Answers found at: http://www.groundtruthtrekking.org/Issues/AlaskaCoal/Coal-Ash-Combustion-Wastes.html       and        https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/coal/how-a-coal-plant-works#:~:text=Coal%2Dfired%20plants%20produce%20electricity,to%20start%20the%20process%20over.

The two laws of thermodynamics apply to what I found out in my research because I know that the entropy increase due to the combustion of conventional fuels is much larger than that resulting from that of nuclear fuels, and is therefore much more dangerous. Also, I know that heat is used to burn coal and create energy.

Found answer at: https://www.encyclopedie-energie.org/en/energy-consumption-and-entropy-release-in-the-biosphere/

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