Conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.
Conventional sources | Non-conventional sources |
1. Conventional sources of energy are in use from the past. | 1. The non-conventional sources are in use from recent times. |
2. They spread pollution. | 2. These are eco-friendly |
3. Conventional sources of energy are generally exhaustible. | 3. Non-conventional sources of energy are usually inexhaustible. |
4. These include firewood, cattle dung cake, coal, petroleum, natural gas and electricity (both hydel and thermal). | 4. These include solar, wind, tidal, geo-thermal, biogas and atomic energy. |
\t\t\tConventional sources are likely to get exhausted very soon.Non-conventional sources are those sources of power that are inexhaustible.For example fossils firewood and petroleum.For example solar energy tidal energy and wind energy.\t