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Essay / Exploring Alternative Energy Sources - 654
In today's rapidly developing world, large amounts of energy resources are being used at an alarming rate, which can certainly lead to the extinction of our precious natural resources. Additionally, the majority of energy resources used today are non-renewable natural resources such as petroleum products which represent almost eighty percent of all energy resources used. Thus, exploring alternative forms of energy in order to reduce our dependence on non-renewable forms of energy and consequently preserve the environment, has become more important than ever. Today, the energy resources used in particular, petroleum products, and in some developing countries As in Nepal, firewood is a major source of greenhouse gases (GHG), the primary cause of climate change. The threat of climate change to all of humanity is greater today than ever. The rapid use of the Earth's precious resources has caused an imbalance in its delicate natural processes, thereby accelerating the rate of climate change, which is in fact a natural phenomenon. So, even if the climate...