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Coal, petroleum and natural gas were formed by fossilization of bodies of organisms spending hundreds of millions of years. They are the gift of our planet. After industrial revolution the industrial and economic growth is always supported by an increase in their combustion, leading to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. In the 1970s we came to be afraid the complete exhaustion of fossil fuel.
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Hashimoto, K. (2019). The Gift of Our Planet. In: Global Carbon Dioxide Recycling. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8584-1_1
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