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Question
What are the disadvantages of burning fossil fuels?
Solution
The disadvantages of burning fossil fuels are as follows.
(a) The burning of fossil fuels produces gases such as sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, which cause acid rain, damaging trees and land and affecting aquatic life.
(b) It produces carbon dioxide, which affects all kinds of organisms.
(c) It produces smoke and ashes, which cause air pollution.
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