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photovoltaic energy
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direct solar heat

-minutes
wind
-hours
hydropower
-days and weeks
biomass
-months, years, decades
 coal, oil, natural gas
-millions of years

QUESTIONS

1.
Which sources of energy,
on your time line, are
renewable and which do
you think are
nonrenewable?

The renewable sources are photovoltaic

energy, direct solar heat, wind,
hydropower and biomass since it only

2.
takes a few amount of time to replace
them. Meanwhile, coal, oil and natural Which sources of energy,
gas are nonrenewable sources of energy on your time line, are
since they take a lot of time to
most commonly used?
replace.

Oil is the most commonly used

energy source, accounting for
approximately 39% of the
global energy consumption.

3.
Coal comes in second at 28%.
Can you think of any
And gas at 22%.
problems related to the
most commonly used
fuels?
Since the most common sources
of energy are non-renewable
energy, they release harmful
gases like carbon dioxide and
methane, which lead to air
pollution and global warming.