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Industrial Revolution: Fossil Fuels

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Fossil Fuels have been used as a fuel since the start of the Industrial Revolution. In 1790 the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increased because of this. These gases will remain there for over hundreds of years. I will take centuries for the natural processes to bring down the levels of the green house gases to a normal level. Because of this their warming influence will remain on our Earth for the coming Century

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