History Of Power Modern civilisation depends largely on energy. Without it our lives would be reduced to the level of a caveman?s. We would have nothing to power the equipment we rely on to get on with our daily lives. Life would in a way come to a standstill without energy. Without wood, we would not even be able to light fires for warmth or fire for cooking food. Our days would be spent …showed first 75 words of 1321 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1321 total…are safe if it is contained properly whereas there is no way of containing the poisonous gases released by the burning of fossil fuels. Although the cost to build a nuclear power plant is very high, this is made up by cost of the production of power itself. A nuclear power plant is less expensive to operate than a fossil fuel plant mainly because that a nuclear plant uses a much smaller volume of fuel.