Group8_A | SDG 7 : Affordable and Clean Energy
In the last three decades global population has increased by 2.7 billion [1] . Consequently, the demand for food, shelter, clothing, transportation, and other necessities for human survival in today’s era has increased exponentially. Like, the number of people with access to electricity has gone up by 1.7 billion across the world during this time-period. This is one of numerous examples that bolsters the fact that the demand for cheap energy has risen significantly. The problem is not with the risen demand but with the ways we are catering to it. Currently, we are meeting a major portion of this demand through non-renewable conventional modes of energy like fossil fuels. Such resources of energy emit pollutants like SO x , NO x , greenhouse gases, and suspensions. This creates problems for the entire ecosystem and has a visible impact on pretty much everything. Not only this, but the extraction and consumption of such energy resources has contributed the most towards the climate cha...
