Over Dependence On Fossil Fuels

Global energy problems of costs, green house gas emissions, acid rain, and atmospheric, water and land pollution and toxic waste are all linked in one way or the other to fossil fuels. This is based on the fact that the emissions from the burning of fossil create atmospheric water and land pollution and toxic waste which affects global weather and climate patterns that will affect all humanity in decades to come.
In view of the above, it is clear that over dependence on the depleting supply of fossil fuels constitute a major energy challenge globally and it is even more precarious for the Nigerian situation of a monolithic economy engendered by the fact that the economy is about 80% dependent on petroleum products.

Fossil fuels are so-called because they have been formed from organic remains of prehistoric plants and animals and therefore contain high percentage of carbon. The major ones are petroleum products, natural gas and coal. Fossil fuel provides about 66% of the world electrical power and 95% of the world’s total energy demands (including heating, transportation, electricity generation and other uses.

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