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quartz007

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3. I know for sure what burning fossil fuels does..

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2018, 11:07 PM

May 2018

which is pollute the air and cause all sorts of lung problems, including emphysema and lung cancer. This has happened in my own family to those who never smoked.

As for global warming caused by burning fossil fuels, what caused the droughts and dust bowls of the 1930's? There were few cars on the road then.

https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_03.html

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I know for sure what burning fossil fuels does.. quartz007 May 2018 #3

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