GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Hydroelectricity requires water to provide electricity. What situation would have the greatest impact on the ability to produce electricity?
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A lack of business incentives for developing green technology
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The inability to collect fines for excessive use of utilities
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A change in climate resulting in less rainfall
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The inadequate enforcement of laws protecting conservation areas
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hydroelectric power plants with big dams have social and environmental impacts. It may not consume non-renewable resources or emit large amounts of greenhouse gas, but its facilities affect land use and rivers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hydropower is better for the environment than other major sources of electrical power, which use fossil fuels. Hydropower plants do not emit the waste heat and gases-common with fossil-fuel driven facilities-which are major contributors to air pollution, global warming and acid rain.
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