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What
is renewable energy?
Today we rely mostly on fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas. There is
only a limited supply. In other words, they are nonrenewable resources. Fossil
fuels also create pollution when they are burned. Renewable energy cannot be
used up, and it does not generate pollution. It is sustainable energy. Another
way of looking at the impact of using or, in this case, not using renewable
energy sources, is to imagine planet Earth as a spaceship. As we orbit the sun
through space, we carry with us a limited supply of air, fresh water, coal, oil
and natural gas. All of our trash and pollution must stay with us on board our
spaceship. As the world's population grows we use more supplies. Pollution also
increases. Spaceship earth is so huge that in the past, people believed that
its resources would never run out. Some also thought that it could not be hurt
by pollution. Recently, it has come to our attention that we are treating the
earth badly. This is not fair to future generations that will inherit this
planet....(Read More)
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