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...ever since the industrial revolution in the mid-1800s, carbon dioxide levels have been steadily rising. As industry expands, consumption of fossil fuels rises to meet the demands of that growth, he says...
Scientists have already found a direct correlation between the increase in fossil fuel use and the elevated carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. It is estimated that 80 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere is due to industrial consumption of fossil fuels, while 20 percent is due to deforestation...
Bazzaz theorizes that carbon dioxide levels will rise exponentially in the near future as underdeveloped countries become industrialized and consume more fossil fuel...
Third-world countries currently consume approximately 2 percent of the fossil fuels that industrialized countries use. As these countries develop in the future, fossil fuel use will skyrocket dramatically...
...proud-prowed tugboats ply their course along the inlet, and Raffi remarks how much he likes them. Reminded that they depend on fossil fuels, he smiles ruefully. "I know, I know," says the man in the child. Then the child in the man, who has given pleasure to millions of others, asks, "Ah, when will I understand...