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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Most of these emissions, about 82%, are from burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and power our cars. ... Before the Industrial Revolution, human activity released very few gases into the atmosphere, but now through population growth, fossil fuel burning, and deforestation, we are affecting the mixture of gases in the atmosphere. ... Several factors can affect the emissions per person in a state, for example, the types of fuel used to generate electricity, population and vehicle miles traveled ,and whether fossil fuels are extracted or processed within the state. ...

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With roads and highways stretching farther and farther from the city, suburbanites can now live at greater distances from the cities requiring a need for increased fossil fuel production. This increased consumption and burning of fossil fuels increases air and water pollution and contributes to the greenhouse effect. It is estimated that out of the millions of underground storage tanks of gasoline and diesel fuel across the U.S., over 300,000 have failed, ...

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Before humans started burning fossil fuels, the earth was at a steady pace with temperature. ... As stated before, humans burning fossil fuels is the cause of global warming because of a process known as the Greenhouse Effect. ...

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It's really a function of technologically advanced countries and, basically, the result of the Industrialization which began in England in the 18th century and, above all, it's a result of the increasing use of and dependence upon fossil fuels – primarily coal and oil for both industry and transport. ... This will take the place, we hope, on the oil-fired and coal-fired power stations which we depend on so much today, and nearly all our transport is fuelled by oil or by its derivative – petrol. ...

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