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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This essay identifies and explains the problem of pollution facing humanity today. It will also propose one of the first ideas which could more effectively limit air pollution, Emission Credit Trading. This can be seen as one of the first steps in the development of an ecosociety. The notion o...

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This essay identifies and explains the problem of pollution facing humanity today.It will also propose one of the first ideas which could more effectively limit air pollution, Emission Credit Trading. This can be seen as one of the first steps in the development of an ecosociety. The notion of a via...

• Word Count: 3320
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School