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What are the advantages of using renewable energy?

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We can use renewable energy repeatedly without depleting it.
No contribution to global warming,
No polluting emissions
Low cost applications when counting all costs
Saving on health and its costs

The main advantage is the fact that these sources of energy are renewable. We will never run out of renewable energy (at least in our lifetime, as long as humans will exist)

solar energy - the sun will always be there, and in abundance - the amount of solar energy intercepted by the Earth every minute is greater than the amount of energy the world uses in fossil fuels each year.
wind energy - the wind will always exist - The energy in the winds that blow across the United States each year could produce more than 16 billion GJ of electricity - more than one and one-half times the electricity consumed in the United States in 2000.
tidal energy - the moon which provides the forces that causes the tides will always be there
hydroelectric energy - unless there is a drastic change in rain patterns, it will always be there

A second advantage is that we can stop using fossil fuels to generate electricity. With renewable energy we can use as much electricity as we like without adding to global warming. Renewable resources are 'green', or environmentally friendly. This is because they do not emit carbon dioxide (the biggest contributor to global warming) into the atmosphere.

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