THE IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE ENERGY USE

 

By. Dina, Ratih, Nida, Siti, Nia, Ayu

Energy is the ability to do work, for example electricity and chemistry. Energy is also defined as power or

strength to carry out various activity processes. In this modern era, energy has become very important for

human activities. One of the energies that humans often use is electrical energy. But sometimes we use

this energy inappropriately, such as using energy that is not as needed/excessive. The following are the

impacts and solutions for excessive energy use.

Excessive energy use can increase costs and require additional energy production which can be sourced

from fossil fuels or other energy sources

Apart from that, excessive energy use also has an impact on the environment. Excessive energy use can

cause air pollution. If electricity is produced from renewable energy sources, the environmental impact

can be reduced

Many people use excessive energy without realizing it, for example, lights that are still on during the day,

maybe they think it's trivial, even though it's better to turn it off because it can cause global warming and

turning off the lights can also save more energy.

Apart from that, turning on the lights all day even though they are not needed is a habit of many people

which without realizing it increases electricity consumption. Therefore, we have to turn off the lights when

they are not needed. Apart from that, leaving the lights on continuously also causes the electricity used to

be wasted.

Using excessive energy, for example leaving the lights on while sleeping, can have an impact on health,

for example disrupting eye health, and it can also disrupt the sleep cycle

From these 5 arguments it can be concluded that using excessive energy can have a negative impact on

costs, the environment, health, and cause global warming. Therefore we must save energy, we must not

use excessive energy so that this does not happen.