GROUP-2
Why do we need to conserve
electricity?
It
is important to conserve electricity because the natural resources that provide
sources for electricity are being depleted faster than they can be
regenerating. Conserving electricity also saves money. Since electricity prices
are assessed in accordance with the amount used. Overuse of electricity also
leads to high EMF emission to which some people are sensitive. Electricity
requires a source to power it. The sources used to power electricity are
natural resources such as coal, gas and oil. These type of resources are
quickly disappearing because they are being used at a much faster rate than
they can be replenished. It takes thousands of years for a coal and oil to
form. Also, mining natural resources is expensive because it is very difficult
and dangerous. Tapping oil wells, for example, requires spending millions of
dollars to build a rig with the capability to drill thousands of felt into the
earth. Coal mining requires workers to descend deep into the earth and to dig
dangerous and sometimes unstable tunnel systems. Energy conservation also
conserves these natural resources, which lowers the overall cost of supplying
them to customers. The money that power companies save can be put towards
research for finding alternative source for electricity.