Question
Why there is an urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development?
Solution
The reasons for urgent need to develop a sustainable path of energy development are mentioned below:
(i)Energy is a basic requirement for economic development.Every sector of the national economy – agriculture, industry, transport, commercial and domestic – needs inputs of energy.
(ii)The economic development plans implemented since Independence necessarily required increasing amounts of energy to remain operational.
(iii)As a result, consumption of energy in all forms has been steadily rising all over the country
(i)Energy is a basic requirement for economic development.Every sector of the national economy – agriculture, industry, transport, commercial and domestic – needs inputs of energy.
(ii)The economic development plans implemented since Independence necessarily required increasing amounts of energy to remain operational.
(iii)As a result, consumption of energy in all forms has been steadily rising all over the country
