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What are the dangers of burning fossil fuels?
Toxic Gases Causing Acid Rain The burning of fossil fuel gives out harmful compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
How are fossil fuels harmful to the environment?
The primary reason that fossil fuels are harmful to the environment is that their use produces large amounts of greenhouse gases. These gases cause heat to build up in the atmosphere and raise the average temperature of the planet.
What are the benefits of burning fossil fuels?
Benefits. Fuel cells can eliminate pollution caused by burning fossil fuels; for hydrogen fuelled fuel cells, the only by-product at point of use is water. If the hydrogen comes from the electrolysis of water driven by renewable energy, then using fuel cells eliminates greenhouse gases over the whole cycle.
What are facts about fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels are remains of dead plants and animals buried deep under the earth’s crust. Fossil fuels power our life, and have for over a century. They are non-renewable sources of energy that take millions of years to develop and provide us with power to light and heat our homes, drive our vehicles and develop our modern lifestyles.
Why are fossil fuels bad for the environment?
What are some alternatives to burning fossil fuels?
Biomass boilers are taking off in the United Kingdom, as a real alternative to burning fossil fuels to heat homes and business. “Biomass” is anything naturally growing on our planet, which can be burned for fuel. Typically, biomass is any organic material, such as plants and animals.
What are the positive impacts of fossil fuels?
A cheap source of energy. Fossil fuels are relatively cheap.