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In the hours of surging energy needs. why and how it is necessary to manage coal wisely for a sustainable socio-economic development?
(1) Coal fired power plants are the biggest source of manmade CO2 emissions and coal energy the single greatest threat our climate faces.
(2) To get to the coal we must either cut down the forests and/or displace large number of people from these regions.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
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- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Option: D
For sustainable socio-economic development it is necessary to manage coal wisely. However, coal energy is not the single greatest threat our climate faces and coal is formed due to dead and decaying plants and animals under earth for thousands of years and to get to the coal it is not necessary to either cut down the forests and/or displace large number of people from these regions.
