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E-LEARNING MODULES AND LEARNING GUIDE FOR TEACHERS

ASSESSMENT

Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper

to justify the use of SE in your community.

Objective 6: Discuss the need for sustainable energy.

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All societies require energy services to meet basic human
needs (for example, lighting, cooking, space comfort,

mobility, and communication) and to serve

productive processes. (see SDGs); however, its generation

and use forms of may have negative consequences for
development, particularly for social and environmental

issues. These issues include the following:

• Environmental Change

Issues of concern include fuel consumption in power generation; carbon dioxide emission;

copper waste generation; aluminium waste generation; water consumption; and greenhouse gas

emission; and the need for replacement/substitutes for non-renewables.

• Climate change

Since approximately 1850, global use of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) has increased to dominate

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