He defined for many readers the simple and important fact that there is considerably more carbon in existing fossil fuel reserves than we can safely burn. ... Basically, it's the fossil fuel we're presently preparing to burn. ... He also goes on to say that this is the reason the fossil-fuel companies fought so hard not to have carbon dioxide regulated, this is what gives their company value. ... The circumstances boil down to this; fossil fuel is notable very useful and valuable, yet if we want to avoid taking unacceptable chances with the planet we need to leave almost all of that...

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Switching to biofuels would lead to less consumption of gasoline, thus "reduce(ing) some of the dependence on foreign powers for fossil fuels" (1). ... The resources used as fossil fuels are slowly depleting because we have continued to rely on them as energy sources for such a long period of time (1). ... In certain cases, biofuels were reported to release less greenhouse gasses than current fossil fuels, but not by a sufficient amount. ... The replacement of fossil fuels should be environmentally friendly so that the effects of global warming and the depletion of the atmosphere slo...

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Replacing fossil fuels with biofuel has the potential to generate a number of benefits. In contrast to fossil fuels, which are exhaustible resources, biofuels are produced from renewable feedstocks. ... The tax charges a fee on fossil fuels based on how much carbon they emit when burned. ... It will raise fossil fuel prices. It's an antidote to rigged energy pricing that helps fossil fuels destabilize earth's climate. ...

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We are entering a period of global warming as a result of burning vast amounts of fossil fuels. By burning fossil fuels, "we are putting into the air more gases that act like a globe of glass around the planet" (National Geographic, 1990). ... Scientists on Hawaii's Mauna Loa have recorded steady increase in human activities such as burning fossil fuels. ... Nitrous oxide is emitted during agricultural and industrial activities, as well as during combustion of solid waste and fossil fuels. ... It will be necessary to go through a transition from fossil fuel energy ...

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The build-up of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere has been traced back to the Industrial Revolution, when we started to burn more fossil fuels. These fuels, which are burned to run automobiles, heat buildings, and power factories are responsible for about 98% of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, 24% of methane emissions, and 18% of nitrous oxide emissions. ... It calls for reduced fossil fuel emissions by the year 2010. ... This is a real shame, considering our country emits one-quarter of the world's fossil fuels. ...

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At the rate that we are using up our fossil fuels and other nonrenewable resources, we will have exhausted our limited supplies by the time much of our generation's grandchildren are even born! Not to mention how our selfish pursuit of fossil fuels is directly affecting the environment itself. ... It is no secret that fossil fuels such as natural gases, crude oil, and coal are finite, and that it's only a matter of time before we exhaust our extremely limited supplies of these resources. ... These chemicals are known as greenhouse gases; some of the most common ways in which greenhou...

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That summer Gulf of Mexico was unusually warm, which fueled the storm with unwanted power. However, while many greenhouses occur naturally that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life, human use fossil fuels which is the main source of access greenhouse gasses. The environmental problems today are results from our fossil-fuel dependence. ... It all comes from industrial processes, use of transport and fuel, energy use in the home, air travel, factories and we can go on and on. ... Humans have to reduce pollution and use of fossil fuel, it would help for sure. ...

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Today, carbon dioxide not only comes from the natural but also from combustion of coal, oil, gas, and other fossil fuels. ... If we could just reduce all the fossil fuels that we burn to a minimum, there will be less greenhouse gas and it would keep global warming from occurring so quickly. ...

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He concluded that, "...most of the CO2 released by artificial fuel combustion since the beginning of the industrial revolution must have been absorbed by the oceans. ... Johnson concluded that, "This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through...a steady increase in carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels" (Johnson). ... For the most part, blue states produce little fossil fuel and rely less on coal for electricity, allowing for the production of less carbon in a setting progressing past the industrial period. The Republican favoring a...

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Fossil fuel burning, deforestation, and the release of industrial chemicals are rapidly heating the Earth to temperatures not experienced in human memory. ... Fossil fuel use releases about 6 billion tons per year to the atmosphere. ... Tropospheric ozone is photochemically produced in the atmosphere as a result of the release of methane, carbon monoxide, and other hydrocarbons, due largely to emissions from fossil fuel burning. ...

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Since the industrial revolution, the increasing quantities of fossil fuels have been burnt and the carbon locked up in them is released into the atmosphere as CO2. ... This process is being inhibited by carbon monoxide, a gas formed when fossil fuels are burnt. ...

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The main causes of this warming is thought to be the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, which release carbon dioxide and other substances known as greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. ... Humans rise the amount of carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere when they burn fossil fuels, solid wastes, drive vehicles, and generate electricity by the burning of coal. ...

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The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming The greenhouse effect is a natural occurrence that is directly affected by human activities such as new industrial processes, more extensive agriculture and a rapid increase in the world's population causing global warming. To discuss global warming there...

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US-CHINA made a deal to cut of carbon emission by 2030 and use zero-emmision fuels. ... However recently the US-CHINA made a deal to cut of carbon emission by 2030 and use zero-emission fuels. President Xi Jinping of China targets to peak CO2 emissions around 2030, with the intention to try to peak early, and to increase the non-fossil fuel share of all energy to around 20 percent by 2030. ...

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These greenhouse gases result from human activities like fossil fuel burning, and deforestation. ... The various causes ranged from climate to fuels. ... Carbon dioxide and fossil fuel are at high levels. ...

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