The different types of energy: fossil, atomic and renewable

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The various sources of energy fall into three different categories: Fossil energies, which are produced from the combustion of natural reservesformed from organic deposits (plants or microscopic animal matter)over several millions of years. Nuclear or atomic energy, produced from the energy that binds the particles within the nuclei of atoms. Atomic energy is extracted from a radioactive mineral: uranium. Renewable energies are produced from natural energy sources, which nature is constantly regenerating

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