Fossil fuel power plants burn coal or oil to create heat which is in turn used to generate steam to drive turbines which generate electricity. ... In 2017, fossil fuels generated 64.5% of electricity worldwide. These plants generate electricity reliably over long periods of time, and are generally cheap to build.
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Yali´s question: "Why you white man have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?"
Explanation:
This question from Yali, a Papua New Guinean political leader, led Diamond to develop his research published as Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997).
The question refers to the word cargo as New Guineans use it, meaning the goods brought by Westerners, which were considered as proof of the white man’s strength.
Yali’s question is actually about the roots of inequality.
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Nile is the longest river in the world.
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So, a Southwest wind comes from the Southwest, and is moving towards the Northeast. If you want to use degrees instead, a Southwest wind direction equals 225 degrees. So, a wind direction of 225 degrees means that the wind is coming from the 225 degree position of the compass, and is moving towards the opposite direction, or 180 degrees away.
All of the electromagnetic radiation from the sun
is produced by nuclear fusion in its core.
