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| the choices we make as consumers today affect the lifestyle we lead them
tomorrow. as the consumers, we all have a role in influencing the
market, because consumer choice is something what drives the market.
we are all consumers of electricity. we use it in the most of the things
we do, whether it's lighting our homes, listening to music, washing our
clothes, refrigerating our food or running our computers. but there is no
any doubt that electricity is an essential part of our lives.
we must have little choice when it comes to consuming electrical energy.
but we do have had a choice when it comes to purchasing electrical
energy. since the recent introduction of competition into the energy
market, consumers are able not to choose their electricity supplier.
traditionally, electricity has been generated by burning fossil fuels - oil,
gas and coal. lately, nuclear energy has to become a major source of
electricity. now, because due to technological advances in the industry,
that choice is being broader. we can also produce electricity from
renewable kind resources.
renewable energy makes use of the power of wind or water or the sun's
rays. while using these sources of energy does not destroy the world's
resources, or pollute the environment. renewable energy is the energy of
the future. and you may be too pleased to hear that you can choose to be
supplied with this energy from right now.
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