Question

Name a greenhouse gas produced due to combustion of fossil fuels. Mention its bad effect to the environment.

Answer 1

Fossil fuel contains mainly petroleum oil, natural gas, coal, hydrocarbons. Around 86.4% of primary energy source is fossil fuel. Main green house gas produced on burning of fossil fuel is carbon dioxide. On burning it produces 21.3 gigatonnes of CO2 per year which is green house gas. This carbon dioxide cause global warming and increasing in temperature on earth.