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What You Consider To Be The Five Principal Environmental And/Or Social Benefits Of Solar Energy

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1) List three ways that fossil fuels (coal, oil, nat. gas -- be specific!) harm the ENVIRONMENT

The exploitation and the use of fossil fuels negatively impact the environment.

1. It affects the Earth’s surface as well as the landscape.

Burning coal changes the surface area; creates cracks in the surface topography. Besides, moving land from the burning area will alter or destroy natural characteristics of the land and impacts the biodiversity. The process of exploitation will create a large amount of wasted rock that strongly affects the neighboring area. Moreover, building the oil rigs strongly influences the marine landscape as well as live of sea creatures.

2. It affects the air

The exploitation of coal has released into the atmosphere a huge amount …show more content…

3) Then list what you consider to be the five principal environmental and/or social benefits of solar power

1. One of the biggest advantages of solar energy is that it is a renewable energy source. Energy can be produced as long as the sun lasted, it would be millions of years. Therefore, solar energy can actually be termed as a long-term energy source.

2. One of the most important advantages for the environment of solar energy is that it is a non-polluting source of energy, no carbon dioxide or other gases released in the production of electricity. Solar power can be produced in any part of the world, wherever sunlight available.

3. Solar energy can be used for cooking, heating, and also to operate various electrical appliances at home, office.

4. The price of coal, natural gas and oil and other fossil fuels tends to increase continuously. Solar energy, on the other hand, is free.

5. The development of solar energy will contribute to replacing fossil energy sources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protect the

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