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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yT h e r e m a y b e a f e w t h a t d o u b t t h e s e r i o u s n e s s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , b u t t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e s c i e n t i f i c c o m m u n i t y v i e w i t a s a v e r y r e a l t h r e a t a n d a r e o f t h e o p i n i o n t h a t t h e c a u s e s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r e e m i s s i o n s o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e a s w e l l a s m a n y o t h e r g r e e n h o u s e g a s e s t h a t a r e t h e r e s u l t o f h o w w e h u m a n s g o a b o u t p r o d u c i n g g o o d s a n d s e r v i c e s t h r o u g h o u r v a r i o u s i n d u s t r i a l p r o c e s s e s , b u r n i n g o f f o s s i l f u e l s a s w e l l a s t h r o u g h c h o p p i n g d o w n o f f o r e s t s .
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O n e t h i n g y o u c a n b e s u r e o f i s t h a t t h e n u m b e r o f c a u s e s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s m o r e t h a n o n e , a n d o n e o f t h e s e c a u s e s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g c a n b e a t t r i b u t e d t o f o s s i l f u e l c o m b u s t i o n t h a t t a k e s p l a c e w h e n w e g e n e r a t e p o w e r f r o m o u r e l e c t r i c i t y g e n e r a t i o n p l a n t s . T h e m a i n c o m p o n e n t o f t h e s e e m i s s i o n s i s c o a l t h a t a c c o u n t s f o r , i t i s b e l i e v e d , a s m u s h a s n i n e t y - t h r e e p e r c e n t o f a l l e m i s s i o n s . I n f a c t , t h e c a r b o n e m i s s i o n f r o m c o a l i s b e l i e v e d t o b e 1 . 7 t i m e s t h a t o f n a t u r a l g a s a n d , i t i s b e l i e v e d 1 . 2 5 t i m e s t h a t o f o i l .
O n e m o r e c a u s e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s t h a t c a r b o n d i o x i d e i s e x p e l l e d f r o m o u r a u t o m o b i l e s , m i n i v a n s a s w e l l a s o t h e r v e h i c l e s , a n d i f t h e s e v e h i c l e s g i v e o f f p o o r m i l e a g e y o u c a n b e s u r e t h a t t h e r e w i l l b e m o r e C O 2 b e i n g e m i t t e d i n t o t h e a t m o s p h e r e , w h i c h o n l y c o n t r i b u t e s f u r t h e r t o g l o b a l w a r m i n g .
Y o u c a n a l s o a t t r i b u t e a n o t h e r c a u s e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g t o c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i t t e d f r o m c o m m e r c i a l t r u c k s t h a t , i t i s b e l i e v e d , c o n t r i b u t e a s m u c h a s t h i r t e e n p e r c e n t o f a l l c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i s s i o n s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . A n d , y o u c a n e a s i l y a d d a i r p l a n e c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i s s i o n t o t h e l i s t o f c a u s e s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , w h i c h a c c o u n t s , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e I n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a l P a n e l o n C l i m a t e C h a n g e f o r , i t i s b e l i e v e d , 3 . 5 p e r c e n t o f a l l g l o b a l w a r m i n g , a n d i t i s e x p e c t e d t h a t t h i s w i l l s h o o t u p t o a b o u t f i f t e e n p e r c e n t i n t h e n e x t f o u r t o f i v e d e c a d e s .
B e s i d e s , t h e c a r b o n d i o x i d e e m i t t e d b y s t r u c t u r e o f b u i l d i n g s , a n o t h e r c a u s e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s m e t h a n e , w h i c h i s n e x t i n r a n k t o c a r b o n d i o x i d e a s a g r e e n h o u s e g a s . T h e w o r s t p a r t o f m e t h a n e i s t h a t i t h a s t h e u n d e s i r a b l e p r o p e r t y o f b e i n g t w e n t y t i m e s m o r e e f f e c t i v e i n t r a p p i n g h e a t i n o u r a t m o s p h e r e , a n d a n o t h e r w o r r y i n g a s p e c t t o t h i s c a u s e o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s t h a t m e t h a n e l e v e l s h a v e r i s e n b y a s m u c h a s , i t i s b e l i e v e d , o n e h u n d r e d f o r t y - f i v e t i m e s i n t h e l a s t c e n t u r y .
Y o u c a n a l s o a d d n i t r o u s o x i d e t o t h e l i s t o f c a u s e s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g a n d s o t o o , i s d e f o r e s t a t i o n t h a t i s t h e s e c o n d m o s t i m p o r t a n t c a u s e a f t e r c a r b o n e m i s s i o n s i n m a k i n g t h e w o r l d w a r m e r t h a n i t s h o u l d b e . Y o u c a n a l s o a d d c i t y g r i d l o c k s , v o l u m e o f c a r b o n a l r e a d y p r e s e n t i n t h e a t m o s p h e r e t o t h e g r o w i n g l i s t o f c a u s e s o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g . I t c e r t a i n l y d o e s n o t p a i n t a r o s y p i c t u r e b y a n y s t r e t c h o f i m a g i n a t i o n .
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