... , so they do not cause nearly as much air pollution as fossil fuels. Even more importantly, burning biomass fuels does not increase the total amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. When petroleum products are burned, carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years is added to the air. This may contribute to global warming through the "Greenhouse Effect", (a popular ... theory that says that certain gases will act like a wool blanket over the entire Earth, preventing heat from escaping into space.) In order to make biomass fuels, this carbon dioxide has to be ta...

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... people starving around the world when the solution is marijuana for food? Hemp could also be used for fuel. By using marijuana for fuel we could reduce the amount of carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere. Hemp can also be used for heating homes. Using marijuana for fuel would not only help our environment save us a lot of money for ... ...

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... be a very helpful source of fuel since as of "2000 the United States has exhausted about 80% of its petroleum reserves"(Weis). "While it's true that all fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide when burned, fast growing hemp also efficiently converts it back to oxygen, in this process removing greenhouse gases that cause drastic climate changes. Hemp also does not contain sulfur like ... ...

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