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Fuel crisis Can we handle it?

by Gyanvitaranam

   Energy is one of the most important resources for mankind and its sustainable development. Fossil fuels are the richest known sources of safe usable energy with currently available technology. They can be burnt to produce energy. The fossil fuels take millions of years to get produced. Due to the current increase in population, the usage of fossil fuels is too high in comparison to the rate of its production. The depletion of the fossil fuel resources is one of the burning problems challenging almost every country across the world. The environmental issues like global warming, acid rain, etc., further aggravate this problem. The modern man is currently dependent on fossil fuels for nearly everything, that is, right from the food to entertainment or luxury, and fuel crisis is a great challenge for him. The fear that there might be a day when there will be no fossil fuels left out and we may have to return to the life style of 18th century, keeps bothering the current....

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