One huge component to this destruction is the emission of greenhouse gases, mainly, carbon dioxide. ... " ("Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration") Now as nearly 77% ("Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data") of all greenhouse emissions are carbon dioxide, and of that breakdown 45% comes from industrial and energy production, it makes sense to start here. Carbon capture works with an 80-90% efficiency ("Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration") on the removal of carbon pollutants from these sources. ... Now you may be asking, what happens to all this carbon...

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., p.190) The production of carbon dioxide have increased rapidly and around 80 to 85% carbon dioxide has been produced. ... (Ibid., p.190) Substantially, deforestation and other land use changes have already increased the carbon dioxide in atmosphere and this still happens in some tropical regions. ... (Ibid., para.9-10) Because of burning of the fossil fuels, green house gas will be produced, such as methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), carbon dioxide. ... It will not only save money, but also reduce the emission of carbon dioxide. ... Surprisingly, we can save more than 2,400 pounds of carb...

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The acids present in acid rain are sulphur dioxides and different oxides of nitrogen (SO2, NOx) (gsu.edu). ... The most common way sulphur dioxide is eliminated is through 'wet scrubbing'. ... The gas is neutralised because the limewater reacts with sulphur dioxide, which gets rid of most of the sulphur dioxide to form solid calcium sulfate and water (home.lcusd). ... Also, when sulphur dioxide reacts with alkali, sometimes carbon dioxide is formed which is a greenhouse gas that diminishes the ozone layer and highly pollutes the environment. ... Wet scrubbing neutralises the sulphur...

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Fossil fuels are organic carbon compounds that are natural sources of energy. ... Fossil fuels are also stable due to their constituent molecules - carbon and hydrogen. ... Burning coal for instance releases harmful pollutants such as carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide that contribute to global warming (greenhouse effect) and acid rain. ... "Many scientists feel that the greenhouse effect is part of a more serious and pervasive problem: the destruction of our fossilized supply of important chemical raw materials associated with the carbon dioxide production problem is the highly visible a...

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In 1999, for example, some 82 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions consisted of carbon dioxide released by the combustion of energy fuels "coal, petroleum, and natural gas. ... In The Press Democrats Sunday edition of 11-12-00, there was an article about how President Clinton was calling for a new federal regulation, limiting power plants' emissions of carbon dioxide. A fact that caught my eye in this article was that the United States is by far the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide. It doesn't surprise me that Americans emit the most carbon dioxides. ...

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These are composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur. Carbon is the major element in fossil fuels. ... When coal burns, it forms carbon dioxide. Scientists believe that carbon dioxide traps the earth's heat in a process called the "greenhouse effect-. However, scientists have developed new methods to burn coal more efficiently, filter impurities before they are released in the atmosphere, and cut down on the release of carbon dioxide. ...

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Scientists predict that humans can discharge about 565 more gigatons of carbon dioxide into the air by midcentury and still have some hope of staying under two degrees. The Carbon Tracker Initiative, a team of London financial analysts and environmentalists, published a report with the numbers that represent the amount of carbon already included in the proven coal, oil and gas reserves of the fossil-fuel companies. ... 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. ... No one ...

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EPA reports since the beginning of Industrial Revolution atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased 30%, methane concentration has doubled, and nitrous oxide 15%. By the year 2,100 EPA predicts that carbon dioxide will increase from 30 to 150 percent. ... Carbon dioxide is released by human activities such as oil, wood burning, natural gases, and coal. ...

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Geothermal fields produce only about one-sixth of the carbon dioxide that a natural gas fueled power plant produces and extremely small amount of sulfur bearing gases. ... Geothermal power plants meet the most stringent environmental regulations and release little carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas suspected of contributing to global warming. ... Some of them are carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, methane, sodium chloride, boron, arsenic and mercury. ...

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All carbon compounds made from petroleum can be obtained through the correct chemical reactions from coal, water, and air (ChemCom, 226). ... Cellulose, which is found in plants as well as wood, contains the carbon-chain-structures need for production of petrochemicals. ... Despite the problems with these sources, they do not omit carbon dioxide into the air which contributes to the world's global warming problem (ChemCom, 226). ...

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Yet, as our fossil fuel reserves continue to deplete and our carbon can be a potential solution to the energy crisis we are set to face in the next half of the decade. ... The pursuit of nuclear technology may also be more desirable as it can serve to cut down on our carbon emissions due to the non –polluting nature of nuclear energy. At the turn of the century, carbon emissions have shot up to dangerous levels that can hurt our development. The release of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during the burning of fossil fuels has led to an increase in global temperat...

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The downside to this operation is that during the combustion stage there is a release of unhealthy gases and solids that will be let out into the atmosphere, increasing air pollution and carbon emission. ... The release of these extra Carbon emissions aside from the ones that occur naturally in the environment upset the balance of the Earth's gases. ... These harmful greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide damage the Ozone Layer of the atmosphere which protects us from harmful radiation being omitted from the sun. ... An efficient fix to these harmful emissions would be switching to al...

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It does not release harmful gases to the atmosphere like those in coal-burning plants such as sulfur dioxide which is responsible for acid rains, nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide which is responsible for the greenhouse effect. ...

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The world's natural resources are being consumed at an alarming rate. As these resources diminish, people will be looking for alternative sources which generate electricity. Advances in nuclear energy have given us a practical alternative which has several advantages. However, many people are concer...

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Geothermal energy represents the inner heat of the earth, produced largely by the decay of radioactive elements in the mantle and center. The three ways that the heat is found is both wet and dry steam (wet steam has drops of water in it), hot water and dry volcanic rocks. W...

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Now along with the pros of nuclear energy and how it affects the environment, the plants do not emit carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, or nitrogen oxides into the ozone, whereas, fossil fuel plants produce a ton of air pollution[Nuc13]. ...

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Alternative energy is energy generated in ways where it does not deplete natural resources or use fossil fuels. The common method of producing energy for the human benefit is burning fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels emits very high levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases which damage o...

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A recent global concern is about the effects of the nuclear power on the human health, on a side some politicians and scientists think that it does not affect to the human health, however there is evidence that the radiation and nuclear power exposure does affects negatively to the human heal...

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While in the process of burning oxygen combines with nitrogen, carbon and sulfur to form hazardous oxides omitted into the air (Blair 150). ... In the United States power plants are responsible for 70% of the sulfur dioxide pollution (Encarta). ...

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