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Deaths caused by use of fossil fuels such as oil (areas of rectangles in chart) greatly exceed those resulting from production of renewable energy (rectangles barely visible in chart). [45] Some harmful impacts of petroleum can be limited to the geographic locations where it is produced, consumed, and/or disposed.
The longer we delay climate action, the worse it will be.
An estimated 5.13 million deaths per year globally are attributable to air pollution from fossil fuel use that could be avoided by phasing them out. Fossil fuels are wrecking our health and ...
Although methane leaks are significant, [8]: 52 the burning of fossil fuels is the main source of greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming and ocean acidification. Additionally, most air pollution deaths are due to fossil fuel particulates and noxious gases, and it is estimated that this costs over 3% of the global gross domestic product ...
But carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels has risen 1% on 2021 levels, the analysis from the Global Carbon Project says, and is now slightly above the record levels seen in 2019.
The three fossil fuel types are coal, petroleum and natural gas. It was estimated by the Energy Information Administration that in 2006 primary sources of energy consisted of petroleum 36.8%, coal 26.6%, natural gas 22.9%, amounting to an 86% share for fossil fuels in primary energy production in the world. [19]
The front-page story "Why is it so hot?" answers the question incorrectly. If we continue to burn fossil fuels, things will only get worse.