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Unit 2 Ch 5 : Minerals and Energy Resources — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social StudiesUnit 2 Ch 5 : Minerals and Energy Resources5 Marks
Question
Why should we use renewable energy resources? Explain with arguments.
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Answer

Reasons for the usage of Renewable Energy Resources:
  1. Exhaustibility of non renewable resources.
  2. Long years of geological formation of non renewable resources.
  3. Causes less pollution.
  4. Available in abundance.
  5. Environmental friendly.
  6. Strong dependence on fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas, threat to environment.
  7. Rising prices of oil and gas and their potential shortages.
  8. Uncertainties about the security of energy supply in future.
  9. There is a pressing need to use renewable energy sources like solar energy, wind, tide, biomass and energy from waste material.

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