What are the environmental consequences of the increasing demand for energy ? What steps would you suggest to reduce energy consumption ?

Explanation

The demand of energy is increasing day by day. Exploiting any source of energy may disturb the environment in one way or other. For example, getting energy from fossil fuel may cause lot of pollution in air. Getting energy by nuclear fission may create problem of disposal of nuclear waste.
Steps for reducing energy consumption should be such that we get maximum energy fromt least fuel. For this :
1. Under the given situation technology utilised should be the best possible. For example using smokeless chullahs should be preferred to traditional chullahs.
2. Energy should be extracted by most economic method under the given situation.Whereas energy extraction by solar cell may be useless in big towns due to cost factor, it may be indispensable for artificial satellites.
3. Wastage of energy should be strictly avoided. Energy saved is equal to energy produced.
4. Sources of energy should be such that it causes the least damage to environment.