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Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas produced by fossil fuels, and our use of these fuels is leading to a significant increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

Water vapour is often considered a greenhouse gas, and fossil fuels, especially natural gas, produce water vapour. However, the tendency of water vapour is to precipitate, so the burning of fossil fuels does not directly lead to an increase in water vapour levels.

Some methane can be produced from fossil fuels. This is a potent greenhouse gas, twenty times as effective than carbon dioxide.

Carbon monoxide is produced by incomplete combustion of fossil fuels. It is only a very weak direct greenhouse gas, but has important indirect effects on global warming because it reacts with hydroxyl (OH) radicals in the atmosphere. OH radicals help to reduce the lifetimes of strong greenhouse gases like methane.

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