FOSSIL FUELS

POSITIVE EFFECTS

• Convenience
• Cost
• Easy transportation
• A lot available
• Generate plenty of jobs
• Easy set up

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

• Environmental Degradation
• Need truckloads of reserves
• Public Health Issue
• Finite Energy Source
• Rising Cost
• Oil spill

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS FOR HUMANS

• Asthma
• Pneumonia
• Bronchitis
• Upper respiratory and eye irritation
• Heart attack
• Heart disease
• Neurological Deficits
• Cancer
• Immune system problems

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS FOR ENVIRONMENT

• Land degradation
• Water pollution
• Emissions
• Global warming /Air Pollution
• Ocean acidification

STATISTICS

• Three fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—have provided more than 80% of total U.S. energy consumption for more than 100 years.
• In 2015, fossil fuels made up 81.5% of total U.S. energy consumption, the lowest fossil fuel share in the past
• The most significant decline in recent years has been coal: U.S. coal consumption fell 13% in 2015, the highest annual percentage decrease of any fossil fuel in the past 50 years.

ACTION PLAN

• Buy renewable fuel
• Reduce air pollution
• Increase Energy Effeciency

Prevention Nationally

• Decrease burning things
• Use natural resources
• Buy Energy-Efficient Products

Prevention Locally

• Enforce the use of recycling
• Install Solar Panels
• Have local groups who help enforce ways to recycle
• Show commercials or on news

Vocab

• Fossil Fuel- a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
• Natural Resource- such as coal,gas, or oil that, once consumed, cannot be replaced
• Recycling- the action or process of converting waste into reusable material.
• Air pollution- the presence in or introduction into the air of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.
• Degradation- the condition or process of degrading or being degraded.