Question

why burning if coal,diesel and petrol can damage water and soil

Answer 1

as burning those fuels pollutes the environment in various ways .....ie land pollution, water pollution or air pollution. .....

Answer 2

Burning of coal diesel and petrol
Release a lot of amount of gaseous pollutant in the environment
Like sulphur dioxide , carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and the harmful gas methane,
The compounds sulphur dioxide and gets the pasrt of the acid rain
And then damage the soil during rainy season
This soil when gets the rain , the soil gets the compound like sulphur dioxide mixed in it , during erosion of a soil these compound gets mixed with water and result the degradation of water.
Hope it helps u