The waste of energy is disgraceful enough, but what is it doing to our wildlife? The above example I saw on Fraze.it. Here they have used "the" before "waste of energy", please explain the use of "the" in the context. Thanks
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It's presumably the specific waste involved in something previously mentioned.
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It's presumably the specific waste involved in something previously mentioned.
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