Essays Tagged: "burning fossil fuels"

The Nuclear Power Debate

uce the equivalent amount of electricity produced from Uranium. The use of nuclear power opposed to burning fossil fuels has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 2 billion tonnes per year, minimising t ...

(3 pages) 210 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

It is called Global Hoax? A realistic view of global warming.

erson have increased about 3.4% between 1990 and 1997. Most of these emissions, about 82%, are from burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and power our cars. The remaining emissions are from me ...

(3 pages) 173 1 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Should We Fix Acid Rain? What is acid rain and its causes? Should we fix it? By who and how should it be fixed?

the main cause of the acid rain is caused by the release of sulphur oxides. These are released when burning fossil fuels. Cars, power-plants, industries and burning coal and oil are the main contribut ... in contributories to the release of sulphur oxides. Nitrogen oxide is a result of any combustion or burning processes. The main source of emissions of nitrogen oxides are vehicles, residential and com ...

(4 pages) 130 3 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Evidence against Global Warming

ine around 18000 scientists that are wholly against the Kyoto protocol. The richest and fossil fuel burning countries signed the Kyoto protocol to just cut down the production of greenhouse gases and ... proved this phenomenon. Truthfully global warming had started around 13000 years ago. So were they burning fossil fuels or was it just human activity causing heat. All this evidence that is mounted a ...

(6 pages) 94 0 4.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Acid Rain

e United States, Canada, and parts of Europe.Scientists have discovered that air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels is the major cause of acid rain. Power plants and factories burn coal and oi ... tric appliances. We also burn natural gas, coal, and oil to heat our homes.The smoke and fumes from burning fossil fuels rise into the atmosphere and combine with the moisture in the air to form acid ...

(10 pages) 45 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Global Warming

Some believe that pollution causes global warming, but the fact is global warming is the result of burning fossil fuels, coal and oil that release carbon dioxide. Another misconception is nuclear pow ... lobal temperatures". Human activities add to the levels of these gasses, causing more problems. The burning of solid waste, fossil fuels, and wood products are major causes. Automobiles, heat from hom ...

(3 pages) 109 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Energy Crisis

lation relies today on many different forms of energy, but particularly on the energy produced from burning fossil fuels (mainly coal, oil, and natural gas), which currently provide about 80 percent o ...

(4 pages) 48 0 3.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

How Acid Rain Affects Plants

nitrogen called oxides or different types of pollution. Nitrous oxides are gases are produced from burning fossil fuels, for example a cars exhaust system.What is the damage? Acid rain causes damage ...

(1 pages) 15 0 5.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Acid Rain

es(SOx), formed from combustions within car engines, or nitrogen oxides(NOx), which is created from burning fossil fuels within power plants, reacting in the atmosphere with water, oxygen, and other c ...

(2 pages) 7 0 3.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Global Warming - A persuasive speech

up of our world. It is the result of huge amounts of CO2 being pumped into the atmosphere, via the burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil to produce power and electricity and thousands and thousan ... we wear.Ever since the industrial revolution in the early 19th century, man has been progressively burning more and more fossil fuels. In fact, in recent times the burning of fossil fuels has been re ...

(6 pages) 217 0 3.3 Aug/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Air pollution

se the spread of tropical disease (Wikipedia, 2007).Most air pollution comes from human activities: burning fossil fuels, natural gas, coal, and oil to power industrial processes and motor vehicles. A ... and oil to power industrial processes and motor vehicles. Among the harmful chemical compounds this burning puts into the atmosphere are carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxid ...

(5 pages) 95 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Energy

ns more energy, and their numbers are increasing rapidly, which means still more energy.A result of burning fossil fuels is the formation of carbon dioxide when the carbon they contain combines with t ... te for people to live on. Without it, the earth would be freezing, or on the other hand it would be burning hot. It would be freezing at night because the sun would be down. We would not get the sun's ...

(14 pages) 96 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Effects of Global Warming

from getting too hot or too cold. (See Fig. 1) However, with pollution, using too much electricity, burning fossil fuels, and many other things people are doing, greenhouse gases have been added to th ...

(4 pages) 41 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Global Warming

the most damage. There are many man-made causes. Pollution is one of the biggest man-made problems. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution and results in the release of CO2, which is ... tion increases, the demand for electricity also increases and in most cases, electricity comes from burning coal, which emits CO2. Also, as population increases, more and more cars show up on the road ...

(5 pages) 108 0 3.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Air and Water Pollution Plan: Virginia and Michigan's air and water pollutant issues

Resources (2006)… Human activities intensify air pollution from every day activities such as burning…•Coal•Oil•Wood•Gasoline•Fuels used to run factories, cars, f ... cles, construction equipment and power plants that generate heat and light for homes and businesses.Burning fossil fuels causes toxic gasses, smoke and soot that pollute the air. Saw mills, rock mines ...

(6 pages) 28 0 5.0 Dec/2007

Subjects: Science Essays

The Global Environment

oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, ozone, methane, water vapor, and nitrous oxide enhance this phenomenon. Burning fossil fuels has increased the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere, affecting the earth ...

(2 pages) 24 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Global Warming-(Reseach Paper)

Some believe that pollution causes global warming, but the fact is global warming is the result of burning fossil fuels, coal, and oil that release carbon dioxide. Another misconception is nuclear po ... res.(Heidi Sterrett).Human activities add to the levels of these gasses, causing more problems. The burning of solid waste, fossil fuels, and wood products are major causes. Automobiles, heat from hom ...

(4 pages) 77 2 2.7 Oct/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Alternative Energy: Solar and Wind

AbstractThe ever growing amount of pollution in our air, land, and seas caused by fossil fuel burning power plants makes it blatantly clear that alternative forms of energy need to be implemente ... available, but not mass implemented. It is time that the world realizes the impact that fossil fuel burning power plants are having on the environment, and switch to clean sources of renewable energy. ...

(9 pages) 121 0 4.7 Oct/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Global Warming

So what is global warming? Global warming is the increasing in the earth's overall temperature from burning fossil fuels and industrial development caused by human. It is caused by the release of carb ... have developed. In the United States, cars, airplanes, large factories and manufacturing plants are burning fossil fuels everyday, these have caused a very large and serious problem to our environment ...

(6 pages) 81 1 4.5 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

How will we get our Energy in the Future? This is a summary of different types alternative energies and how they work and how they will be used in the future.

y burn, causing health problems, acid rain, and global warming.Fossil FuelsFossil fuels involve the burning of hydrocarbon fuels, which are the remains of the decomposition of plants and animals (ex. ... ains of the decomposition of plants and animals (ex. coal or petroleum). These power plants work by burning fossil fuels to heat water to create steam, which turns a turbine and generates electricity. ...

(10 pages) 68 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics