Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas generated by man's burning of fossil fuels and the forests is responsible for about half the greenhouse gas warming. Other gases (CFCs, methane, nitrous oxide, tropospheric ozone) are responsible for the rest. Increases in all these gases are due to mankind's explosive population growth over the last century, and increased industrial expansion. Approximately 80% of atmospheric CO2 increases are due to man's use of fossil fuels: oil, coal, and gas. These petroleum-based energy sources first came into use with the burning of coal during Since 1945 petroleum consumption has increased dramatically, due in large part to increased usage of automobiles worldwide, and the substitution of mechanized farm machinery for animal power.
"Mankind is in the process of conducting a major, unintentional experiment, that of feeding back into the atmosphere in a short space of geological time the fossils fuels that have slowly accumulated over the past 500 million years."
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Global warming
"Global warming will be the greatest environmental challenge in the 21st century."
- Vice President, Albert Gore.
Global warming is happening as we speak. Wether the main cause is man made or just another climate change as seen throughout history is a debate for itself that we will not enter much here.
The fact is, however, that the temperetures is rising continuously in this epoke of time.
We will look upon the worldly changes to expect as a reaction to this fenomenon.
- Vice President, Albert Gore.
Global warming is happening as we speak. Wether the main cause is man made or just another climate change as seen throughout history is a debate for itself that we will not enter much here.
The fact is, however, that the temperetures is rising continuously in this epoke of time.
We will look upon the worldly changes to expect as a reaction to this fenomenon.