One negative effect of society's need for energy would include a) the invention of engines that can run on energy from the sun or corn. b) the exxon valdez oil spill that destroyed the habitats and lives of many animals. c) the limitations of non-renewable resources such as oil that are leading to the creation of cleaner fuels. d) the discovery of oil that ended society's dependence on whale oil for fuel, thereby ending whaling in the world.