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On what basis would you classify energy sources as
(a) renewable and non-renewable?
exhaustible and inexhaustible?
are the options given in (a) and (b) the same ?

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(a) The energy source that replenishes in nature is known as a renewable energy source. Sun, wind, biomass, etc., are some examples of renewable enerEy sources.
(b) Exhaustible sources are those energy sources which deplete and exhaust after a few hundred years. Coal, petroleum, etc. are the exhaustible energy sources. Inexhaustible energy sources shall not exhaust in future, theses are unlimited. Biomass is one of the inexhaustible energy sources.
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