When fossil fuels are burned, they release different air pollutants that are known to be toxic to humans and the environment. ... Pollutants that are produced from the combustion of fossil fuels other than carbon dioxide include sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). ... The cause of carbon monoxides particularly in urban environments is due to the combustion of fossil fuel, predominantly by road vehicles and other forms of transportation. ... SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2) SO2 is a gas formed when sulfur is ...

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In fifty years of so, we will run out of fossil fuels and something will have to be done. ... There are certain problems with nuclear energy, but compared to fossil fuels, it is much better. ... It is hard to say when all of this will happen, but as we get closer to having no more fossil fuels, the chance that something will happen, becomes much greater. ...

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The EPA states that fossil fuel-fired electric utility plants are responsible for 70 percent of the annual SO2 and 30 percent of NOX emissions in the United States. ... To achieve this goal, two phases of restrictions would be placed on fossil fuel-fired power plants. ... Under the Acid Rain Program's free-market based approach, individual utility units are given allowances or "credits" based on historical fuel consumption and emissions data. ... A source may opt to reduce its SO2 emissions by switching to a cleaner fuel, redirecting operations to cleaner units, or reducing output...

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It can be "any precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog and dew, or dry deposition, that contains sulfuric or nitric acids formed in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels." ... Most air pollution is produced by burning fossil fuels like coal and to a lesser degree oil and natural gas. When these fuels are burned from the tall smokestacks of power plants, metal smelters, industrial boilers and cars, planes and trains, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide escape into the air. ...

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According to Effects of Pollution by Scott Forseman, pollution is defined as the addition of any substance or form of energy to the environment at a rate faster than the environment can accommodate it by dispersion, decomposition, recycling, or storage in some harmless form. In my course of research, I uncovered many forms pollution. However, the ones I included were the forms of pollution that may interfere with our present and future existence. In this paper, air, water, and land pollutions have been identified and explained, as well as the consequences of these pollutants, also some possi...

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Some solutions that I would do to combat the global warming problem include: 1) I could install solar panels in my house to supply electricity which are more cost productive and environmental friendly unlike fossil fuels which produce carbon dioxide into the air; 2) cut back on electricity usage because they are major contributors to the production of sulfur dioxide; 3) plant trees and other plants to absorb carbon dioxide. ... This is great for everyone to join and be a part in cleaning up the environment; 4) using less fuels by car pooling with other students or running to certain places pro...

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Becki Hall Human Ecology March 25, 2002 Air Pollution Dust from the cracked, dry earth mists the sky. The horizon supports the afternoon sun. In the distance, two silhouettes come walking forward. The closer they two figures get, the more clearly distinguishable they become. It is a fath...

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Natural sources such as volcanoes, sea spray, rotting vegetation and plankton are all contributors to acid rain, but burning fossil fuels, such as coal and oil which are referred to as dry emissions are largely to blame for more than half of the emissions into the world.2 Nationally, one hundred and twenty tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide are emitted into the air each day.4A. ...

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