Question

Pollution control approaches as applied to fossil fuel burning

Answer 1

OECD: Control of Air Pollution from Fossil Fuel Combustion[+]
(Recommendation adopted by the Council on 20th June, 1985)
C(85)101
THE COUNCIL,
Having regard to Article 5b) of the Convention on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development of 14th December, 1960;
Having regard to the Recommendation of the Council of 18th June, 1974, on Guidelines for Action to Reduce Emissions of Sulphur Oxides and Particulate Matter from Fuel Combustion in Stationary Sources [C(74)16(Final)], and to the Recommendation of the Council of 14th November 1974, on Measures Required for Further Air Pollution Control [C(74)219];
Having regard to the Recommendation of the Council of 14th November 1974, on Principles Concerning Transfrontier Pollution [C(74)2241;
Recognizing that air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources are frequently transported over great distances and across national borders;
Deeply concerned about existing and increasing damage to the natural and man-made environment and increasing evidence of effects on human health resulting, directly or in combination with other factors, from emissions of the major air pollutants from fossil fuel combustion and their conversion products;

Answer 2

Burning of Fossil fuel

Fossil fuels are non-renewable sources of energy. Now there are only limited reserves left in the world. These stores will end soon. These fuels cause a lot of pollution. Burning fossil fuels produces oxides of carbon, sulfur, nitrogen. Sulfur oxides are acidic and cause acid rain. This acid rain affects our water and soil resources.

The burning of fossil fuels causes many types of harmful particles and smoke pollution in the air, due to which many types of respiratory diseases are spread. Carbon dioxide increases the temperature of the atmosphere due to the greenhouse effect and carbon monoxide destroys the life of people sleeping in closed rooms by making kaboxy hemoglobin.