Fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) are the main sources in many countries, but in some countries the use of alternative sources of energy (wind energy and solar energy) are encouraged. To what extent do you think it is a positive or negative development?

Although

many parts of the world still consider fossil

fuels

to be their primary

sources

of

energy

, there is an increasing number of countries resorting to

alternative

sources

to serve their

energy

demands. While a shift towards utilizing solar or wind

energy

such

a trend would cause some problems, I am convinced that the overall impact has been tremendously positive. Admittedly, the drawbacks of recently-discovered

sources

of

energy

are evident. Chief of these is that the trend towards using

alternative

types of

energy

would probably place a heavy financial burden on the authority and companies as they will have to allocate a huge amount of money and time for purchasing and developing high-tech gadgets and new facilities for harnessing solar as well as wind.

This

is because ưind or solar

energy

takes users a great amount of time, knowledge and various equipment in order that they can make use of these natural resources.

Consequently

, many countries, especially those with a poor economy, are still unable to use

this

power source. Added to

this

is the fact that

alternative

sources

of

energy

are unstable as they mainly depend on weather and climate conditions, which make them inaccessible in a number of regions during several periods of the year.

Therefore

, new

sources

of

energy

are currently not a viable solution for the majority of the world population and

unlikely

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to replace fossil

fuels

in the near future. Despite the negatives aforementioned, the benefits of the trend towards utilizing

alternative

sources

of

energy

are more significant. The key argument is that while the burning of fossil

fuels

generates greenhouse gases and emissions, which cause numerous detrimental effects on the environment, using renewable energies may reduce the burden on the environment. It is obvious that the utilization of solar power releases no

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at all, so it will facilitate the demands of power at almost no environmental cost.

Second

of all, fossil

fuels

are not unlimited and with the overexploitation and worrying waste of oil or gas, these

sources

of

energy

will soon be depleted, which will potentially threaten the economy if there are no

alternative

sources

. As a consequence, there is an urgent need for the research and development of

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friendly and

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sources

like wind or solar

energy

. In conclusion, I believe that the advantages of relying on

alternative

energy

sources

overshadow the drawbacks, and

this

is not only a positive but

also

an inevitable development.