Question

The town where Sanjay and his family live wants to cut back on their use of non-renewable resources at home. The town is located in the area we call the Great Plains, in the state of Kansas. The town's people want to cut their dependency on non-renewable resources. They also want to minimize the amount of particulate matter they put into the atmosphere. Given the town's location, what would be good energy resource choice or choices for them to consider?
A) natural gas
B) wind and solar
C) hydroelectric power
D) biofuels and biomass waste

Answer 1

Answer:

Option B, wind and solar

Explanation:

Kansas has high potential for production of wind energy. It is one of the state of America which can meet nearly 75% of its energy requirement by harnessing wind energy to its full potential.

As per the estimate of 2012, Kansas has produced nearly 960 giga watts of wind power. However it has a capacity of producing 3200 TW of electricity from wind resource only

Along with wind energy, if solar energy can be harnessed upto its full extent then nearly 42% of the total energy requirement can be met .

Hence, option B is correct

Answer 2

The answer is B. wind and solar