buring fossil fuels has what effect on the environment and on people?

Answer 1

Basically, when you burn coal, you don´t only burn pure carbon

Pure carbon would lead to:
- global warming
- oceans and lakes acidification

Since high temperatures are produces, Nitrogen from the air also partly combusts:
- NOx impact human beeings, plants and lead to acidification

Oil or coal contain sulfur which creates SOx.... so in turn acid rains which causes corrosion and loss of agricultural production

Coal contains also mercury that is released... heavy metal which impacts mainly foetuses

Coal also contains other nocives elements, even radioactive ones... in very small quantities. But since we burn "moutains" of coal, coal power plants release even more radioactive material than modern nuclear plants !!!

Answer 2

basically they produce a series of gases and waste when burnt. all these gases hang around in the atmosphere,
apparently they have no idea how much these gases have affected the earth because there is such a thick layer of gases in the atmosphere if it was removed we would all probably burn up because the gases are actually stopping the suns heat coming through, but it also prevents the warmth from the planet going out.

i am not quite sure if i believe in global warming, i believe it has more to do with the vegetation loss(trees etc being cut down etc) this planet has lost a lot of vegetation and plants etc, and they play a very important role when it comes to gases and weather etc

Answer 3

It's kind of inter-mixed...
Burning fossil fuels adds impurities to the environment that causes people to loose brain cells and come up with dumb ideas like global warming.

Answer 4

Well, they have a comforting effect on people when they heat your home.