... consumption of fossil fuel has increased dramatically. The world now burns at least five billion tons of fossil fuel each year. As this carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels enters the atmosphere, some of it is taken up by photosynthesizing plants, and the oceans absorb some. But because ... , motorcycles, and lawnmowers all burn gasoline, which is extracted from oil. Energy is one of the quickest ways to reduce the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. If we really want to control the greenhouse effect and global warming, then people everywhere must learn to use energy more .....

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... consumption of fossil fuel has increased dramatically. The world now burns at least five billion tons of fossil fuel each year. As this carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels enters the atmosphere, some of it is taken up by photosynthesizing plants, and the oceans absorb some. But because ... , motorcycles, and lawnmowers all burn gasoline, which is extracted from oil. Energy is one of the quickest ways to reduce the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. If we really want to control the greenhouse effect and global warming, then people everywhere must learn to use energy more .....

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... electricity are hydropower and nuclear energy. Similar, we can talk about the effects and the pollution that caused by using various energy sources. One of the most basic pollutants is Carbon Dioxide. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) causes serious damages to our environment. It has the ability to not let the heat (from sun) to escape from atmosphere. So, the heat is trapped into earth causing ... various effects to the physical balance (climate problems, green house phenomena). Nuclear energy replaced other sources that produce Carbon Dioxide and prevent a higher CO2 level to our atmosphere. Anoth...

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... come in two forms, wet and dry. Wet may be in a state of fog, snow, or rain. Dry refers to acidic gases and particles. The EPA has confirmed that sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen are the major causes of these hazardous depositions. All of these chemicals come from factories, cars and electricity. The very root of the process begins at factories that ... rain also depends on the over-usage of everyday human needs such as transportation and electric appliances. When these fuels are released into the air they are transformed into sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. On...

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... oil pollutes the air with nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. Nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide can react with moisture in the air and fall to earth as acid rain, which pollutes our lakes and rivers. Automobile fuels rank as a leading source of air pollution. Even the cleanest fossil fuel produces carbon dioxide when it burns. Carbon dioxide is a harmless gas. But when it builds up this ... gas in the atmosphere may something called the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide, like glass in a greenhouse, allows sunlight to warm the earth but prevents heat from escaping back into space. The .....

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... social benefits. Some good reasons to use biomass as a sustainable fuel: correctly managed, biomass is a sustainable fuel that can offer a significant reduction in net carbon emissions compared with fossil fuels, biomass can be sourced locally, on an indefinite basis, contributing to security of supply and Woodlands, forestry and agriculture are generally ... Instead it releases what would be released naturally as the organic matter decomposed. So, by burning biomass fuels we release no more carbon dioxide than would have been produced in any case by natural processes such as crop and pl...

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... common ways in which greenhouse gases are emitted include from the combustion of fossil fuels in cars, factories and electricity production. The most common and harmful greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide, or CO2. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are responsible for the many growing holes in the ozone layer. The ozone layer protects us from UV light radiation, which causes skin cancer and ... least. True long-term thinking is how your individual actions affect the future of mankind as a whole, and the many generations to come that will have to live with your carbon footprint and m...

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... half of the 1800's, more uses for coal were discovered. In 1875, coke replaced charcoal as the primary fuel for iron blast furnaces to make steel. Coke is a hard, dry carbon substance produced by heating coal to a very high temperature in absence of air. The burning of coal to generate electricity is relatively new in the long history of this fossil ... Effect"(Hidden Costs 1). Which is simply the warming of the earths surface and lower atoms caused by the trapping of radiated heat, causing a thermal blanket over our atmosphere. A chemical called carbon dioxide that gets trapped in the ...

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... . Beginning in 1998, many new American automobiles have been built so that they can burn gasohol. Gasohol is a mixture of gasoline and alcohol (mostly methanol or ethanol). Although emissions of carbon dioxide cannot be reduced, many other pollutants are reduced, and gasoline is also conserved. Unfortunately, this fuel is much more expensive, so therefore is not seen readily on markets. Another alternative ... oxygen will produce no pollutants. The only exhaust is water. In 2002, Toyota released the first hydrogen powered car. The hydrogen is stored under high pressure in vessels made of...

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... . Even though according to many scientists, the earth is under going an increase in the surface temperature, global warming, this is "due in no small degree to the emission of carbon dioxide from electrical power plants that burn coal, oil and natural gas."(Garwin, 2002) In March of two thousand, ambassador John B. Ritch III United States representative to the United Nations Organization ... ...

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