Question

What is energy crisis?

Answer 1

1. Earth is a 'store house' of energy. Technological advances have enabled man to harness energy, convert it into useful forms and put it to several uses.
2. Adequate amounts of energy in affordable forms is essential for economic development. At the same time, energy has been one of the major causes of environmental degradation.
3. With an increase in income and education levels, demand for power and other forms of energy is increasing rapidly.
4. Rapid industrialisation, urbanisation, mechanisation, population growth and changing lifestyles of people are also leading to increasing energy consumption. There has been substantial increase in the use of power in agricultural sector.