These emissions have been linked to human health problems, global warming, acid rain and urban smog. Burning of fossil fuels worldwide releases about 6 billion tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year. World supplies of fossil fuels will start to run out between 2020 and 2060, the DOE reports. Meanwhile, the world's electricity use is expected to increase to 5 million megawatts by the year 2020, up from about 2.9 million megawatts today. Greater reliance on renewable energy sources can avoid or reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, as well as reduce water consumption, thermal pollution, waste and adverse land-use impacts.
Renewable energy is by definition sustainable.
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