Question

Arjun suggests to his mother that the use of dry wood as domestic fuel is not considered as good. State two reasons for this. What value is exhibited by Arjun here?

Answer 1

The points given in the answer above can be elaborated as follows:

1. Smoke is a major cause of air pollution due to release of carbondixoide and water vapour in the air, acid rain and green house effect.
2. Cutting of wood leads to deforestation. This causes floods and erosion of fertile land. Replenishment of forest takes a long time.

Both this leads environmental imbalance.