Why are we looking at alternate sources of energy?
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We are looking at alternate source of energy because source which we are using now are non - reneable and take million of years to be formed and caused global warming .
Answer:- Inspite of number of disadvantages of fossil fuels, we mainly depend upon these fuels for our energy requirements. The growing demand for the energy to run industries and vehicles has accelerated the rate of extraction of the fossil fuels. However, the deposits of fossil fuels are limited in quantity and formation of these fuels takes a very long period of time. Therefore, these sources of fuels can be completely finished or exhausted in future. Hence, every effort is being made to use and extract the fossil fuels effectively to conserve the sources of energy.
Besides this, we look at alternate sources of energy like the sun, the wind and the ocean etc. to reduce the pressure on the use of fossil fuels or conventional sources of energy.
New techniques have been discovered to produce electricity by burning fossil fuels. Thermal powerower plant produces electricity by burning the fossil fuels like coal and oil.