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Energy is conserved but the effect of many processes which use energy is to convert the energy into heat at a low temperature, when it can no longer be used for anything useful. The energy crisis is caused by the energy-conversion process, such as burning coal, oil or gas, which dump waste products into the atmosphere, in much the same way as sewage was dumped in the rivers 200 years ago.

The main waste product is carbon dioxide, CO2, which results from burning carbon fuel with oxygen from the atmosphere, as happens in power plants, cars, lorries, ships and aircraft in huge quantities every hour of every day. Carbon dioxide acts as a greenhouse gas, trapping the Sun's heat in the atmosphere and thereby upsetting the delicate balance that keeps the surface temperature within its normal range.

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