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It is thought that burning oil and coal as in fossil fuel is what caused the increase of the worldwide temperature of the atmosphere (global warming).

Enormous amounts of plant and animal life that was rich in carbon were deposited as fossil fuel. When we burn this fossil fuel we free up the deposited carbon. This goes into the atmosphere and causes an increase in the greenhouse effect.

Today the earth's crust is not fully covered with plants anymore that absorb this extra carbon and deposit it again.

This is why it is considered a bad idea to carry on using fossil fuel instead of renewable energy that can be used without releasing more carbon.

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