Although energy is conserved, we speak of an 'energy crisis' because:

  1. temperature is falling
  2. useful energy is degraded into heat that can't easily be used
  3. the first law fails
  4. energy is destroyed
Answer

B) useful energy is degraded into heat that can't easily be used

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