Air Pollution
...Air pollution is a very serious matter we face in our lives every day. Most people don't know it but the second we leave our houses and step out into the world, we are breathing in polluted air. Every time we inhale, we carry dangerous air pollutants into our bodies. These pollutants can cause short-term effects as well as long term effects. We actually witness the air getting polluted with our own eyes and at the same time don't realize that it will eventually enter into our bodies. Many of us also don't realize how harmful polluted air is. It's shocking to know that the earth actually has its own ability to absorb and purify minor quantities of pollutants. However, because we pollute the earth so much, it can not keep up. Air pollution is more of a recent problem because the earth has been absorbing our pollutants for many years now and we have finally polluted more then the earth can handle.
The main cause of air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels. The burning of fossil fuels produce's energy; we need this energy in our everyday lives. Most of the burning of fossil fuels that we do, takes place in internal-combustion engines. Almost all of the things we use to transport people and goods have internal-combustion engines. This means that every time we start our car or get on a bus we are helping to pollute the earth's atmosphere. Trains, boats, and gas powered scooters also help in the pollution of our earth because they have internal combustion engines as well. Our atmosphere gets polluted by the clouds of smoke that leave our exhaust system in cars, the smoke leaving a factory chimney, smoking cigarettes, and even the dirt we blow into the air off the roads we drive on. Air pollution can also be caused naturally like when a volcano erupts. As one could deduce, it is very difficult, in the world we live in, to not pollute. This is so...
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