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What are some facts about fossil fuels?
Fossil Fuels are basically the three main things: Coal, Oil, and Natural gas.When these fossil fuels are burned they create pollution and add to the Greenhouse effect.Fossil fuels are also known as Greenhouse gases.The Greenhouse effect is caused by fossil fuels and what happens is basically heat is trapped in our Earths atmosphere causing global warming.
What human activities contribute most greenhouse gases?
Humans have had the greatest impact on climate change by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. This activity adds to the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, creating an enhanced greenhouse effect.
What is a fossis?
Fossil fuels are those fuels that contain carbon i.e gas,oil coal. The formation of these fuels is through the decay, burial, rotting vegetation on land and water marine over many years. The burning of these fuels add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
What kinds of combustion fuel produce the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide?
Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas produce carbon dioxide when burned in combustion processes. Wood and biomass also produce carbon dioxide when burned. These activities contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
Are humans causing greenhouse gases?
There are natural greenhouse gases of water vapor and carbon dioxide that have kept the earth warm for millions of years. Humans are not causing them.But the greenhouse gases that are contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect which is causing global warming are being emitted by the following human actions.Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and to generate electricity.Deforestation. We need trees to suck carbon dioxide out of the air.Cattle raising. Forests have been cut down for pasture and the animals belch methane (a greenhouse gas 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide).
How has coal contributed to the green house effect?
All hydrocarbon based fuels add to the "green house effect" by emitting CO2, carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide causes the Earth's atmosphere to refract sunlight in such a way that it actually warms the planet a little more.
How long do you burn your ecoplus greenhouse vaporizer and how much do I burn?
The recommended burning time for an EcoPlus greenhouse vaporizer is typically around 3-4 hours. The amount you burn will depend on the size of your greenhouse and the concentration of vapor desired. It's best to start with a small amount and adjust as needed based on the effectiveness and coverage of the vapor in your greenhouse.
How does nuclear energy do climate change?
The theory is that since nuclear power plants do not release CO2 , methane, or CFCs while generating power they will not add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere like fossil fuel consuming power plants. There are some greenhouse gas releases related to nuclear power plants however. The mining and refining of the fuels will inevitably require the burning of fossil fuels to transport the ore and refined fuels. The cooling towers associated with the power plant will also release water vapor into the air - and water vapor accounts for something around 85% of the greenhouse effect on earth when you include the clouds. On the whole, however, even with these related greenhouse gas releases, nuclear power would add much less greenhouse gas to the atmosphere than a coal, oil, or natural gas fueled power plant with the same electrical power output.
Why is the Earth getting warmer every day?
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere capture heat. We are continuing to add extra greenhouse gases (by burning fossil fuels) and this is causing the warming. The great forests that used to remove carbon dioxide (one of the greenhouse gases) from the atmosphere have been destroyed.
What human actions involve burning fossil fuels and add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere?
Generating electricity in power plantsbuilding factories,driving cars,flying in an aircraft.
Is there an automotive fuel source that is the most efficient and environmentally friendly?
Biofuels and biodiesel are the only automotive fuels that are environmentally friends, that is, they add no additional carbon dioxide greenhouse gas to the atmosphere.
What is the effect of the enhanced greenhouse effect?
An increase in the natural process of the greenhouse effect, brought about by human activities like burning fossil fuelsand deforestation, whereby greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons and nitrous oxide are being released into the atmosphere at a far greater rate than would occur through natural processes and thus their concentrations are increasing. Also called anthropogenic greenhouse effect or climate change.
