Understanding Fossil Fuels and Why They’re So Harmful

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Understanding Fossil Fuels and Why Theyre So
Harmful
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• Coal older than the dinosaurs, we call it a
  fossil fuel because it was created by the remains
  of plants that existed many thousands of years
  ago. Used widely to create energy, the mining of
  coal is an extremely harmful process, and during
  the mining, transporting and burning of
  coal,chemicals such as sulphur dioxide and
  nitrogen oxide are released. Contributing to acid
  rain, smog, mercury and other heavy metals,
  nitrogen oxide can cause neurological and
  developmental damage in people and in animals.
  Then theres fly ash and bottom ash, two types of
  residue that are created when power plants burn
  coal. Methane is also released during the mining
  process.

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• Oil mostly made up of carbon and hydrogen (known
  ashydrocarbon), oil began to form millions of
  years ago, and once mined, it is refined and
  separated into different makeups that go towards
  producing several different kinds of fuel and oil
  products. The mining of oil is extremely harmful
  to the environment, as is fracking and oil wells,
  as both destroy habitats and introduce hazardous
  chemicals into surface water, groundwater and
  soil. Exploring and drilling for oil are equally
  as damaging, as they disturb land and harm
  delicate, marine ecosystems. Seismic techniques
  used to explore for oil under the oceans surface
  may interfere with fish and marine mammals, and
  drilling for oil on land often requires the
  extensive clearing of land.

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• Coal and oil for industrial use
• Coal and oil have been in existence for
  centuries, and countries all over the world
  continue to rely upon it to produce energy for
  technology in many different industries, despite
  knowing and understanding the risks it poses to
  the environment and our planet as a whole.
• However, its important to remember that there
  are many other more sustainable ways to power
  machinery and electricity using methods that
  minimize their impact on the environment and our
  health. In fact, some of these methods such as
  solar, wind and geothermal power have been
  around for as long as weve been using fossil
  fuels for energy, if not longer.

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• But, while renewable energy is growing in
  popularity and many more companies are adopting
  sustainable ways of powering themselves, a lack
  of funding remains the biggest barrier to these
  methods being adopted globally.
• Solar one of the most accessible form of
  renewable energy
• Solar energy has become a trusted renewable
  energy source in recent decades, mainly due to
  its ease of access from virtually any location,
  and businesses as well as individual homeowners,
  are beginning to use it to power their factories
  and homes. Without harming natural ecosystems or
  resources, solar systems can help provide
  electricity and power to people in all kinds of
  environments, and if youd like to discover more
  about using solar power to fulfil your energy
  needs, there are plenty of opportunities to do so
  wherever you are in the U.S.

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• Solar power, especially when partnered with wind
  energy, has the potential to provide the entire
  world with its electricity needs in just a few
  years, eliminating the need for the harmful
  burning of coal or drilling for oil, altogether.

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