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through an increase in demands for shipments and transportation of goods to other countries. Also more people going on holidays and using aeroplanes that release large amounts of C02 to the atmosphere
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe earth has always had a greenhouse effect, which has kept it warm enough for life. This is supported by the natural water and carbon cycles. These cycles move water and carbon in and out of the atmosphere in a balance.
When fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas are burned (usually to produce electricity or to power transport) they release extra carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years. The carbon cycle is unable to cope with all this extra carbon, which (in the form of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide) joins all the other gases in our atmosphere and enhances the greenhouse effect, which keeps the earth's heat from escaping into space. This enhanced, or accelerated greenhouse effect is causing global warming.
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∙ 15y agoBecause our industrial, primary and transport requirements have expanded.
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∙ 8y agoBecause they are harmful to the environment, and a non-renewable resource. So, people are looking for alternatives.
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Is a Coal Fired Power Stations renewable or non-renewable?
Coal is a non-renewable fossil fuel. When it is burnt, you have to find more for tomorrow.
Why is biomass a better alternative to oil?
Biomass is a renewable resource.
How are you able to feel the smell of incense sticks when they are burnt away from us?
Because the smell of the smoke spreads as the gas particles diffuse throughout the area where the sticks are being burned.
How many megatons of carbon do humans produce by burning fossils fuels each year?
Total world energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were 29.7 billion metric tons in 2007.A:Humans add about 27 billion tonnes (nearly 30 billion US tons) of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels every year.
How are you reducing the amount of carbon dioxide into your atmosphere?
The planet has a number of huge carbon sinks, removing CO2 from the atmosphere. The largest is the ocean, as CO2 dissolves. This absorbs roughly 80% of all carbon dioxide. Other sinks are photosynthesis by vegetation and phytoplankton, and the weathering of silicate rock. For more details, read about the carbon cycle. Currently, sources of carbon must outweigh the sinks because atmospheric CO2 is increasing globally by roughly 2 parts per million by volume per year, as can be seen in the NOAA measurements of atmospheric CO2. CO2 is even higher in cities and industrial areas, in places where fossil fuels are being burnt in quantity. The easiest way for us to reduce the carbon dioxide levels is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This is the scientific consensus view, and is the view held by the IPCC, all major scientific bodies and national academies of science around the world.
How are fossil fuels used to produce power?
by being burnt such as coal
How much fossil fuels are burnt every year?
2 gallons of fossil fuels are burnt a day
What do fossil fuels form when burned in air?
Being hydrocarbons, they produce water and carbon dioxide when burnt in air.
What energy is released by fossil fuels?
Fossil fuel are burnt to release HEAT
What is created when fossil fuels are burnt?
carbon dioxide
Did the Neanderthals use fossil fuels?
No, Neanderthals did not use fossil fuels. They lived around 400,000 to 40,000 years ago, long before the use of fossil fuels became prevalent in human society. Neanderthals relied on fire for warmth, cooking, and protection.
How much fossil fuel is made in one day?
97 million or billion fossil fuel is burnt in a day!
What part of the power station is the fossil fuel burnt in?
The furnace/boiler.
Is it true that fossil fuel produce carbon dioxide?
Yes, when they are burnt.
How is fossil fuel bad?
Fossil fuel is bad because it is not reusable. Once we take all of it from the earth, there won't be any left. To make energy, the fossil fuels must be burnt. The smoke that is released after it is burnt has carbon dioxide and other chemicals that are harmful to nature.
Why is burning fossil fuels are a bad thing?
The fossil fuels when burnt produces pollutants.The pollutants then go in the environment and pollute it.Hence fossil fuels are bad to use.
What makes the energy in fossil fuel?
the chemical which are present in these when burnt release energy
