Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring gas that is vital to plant and animal life, yet carbon dioxide emissions from burning of fossil fuels are expected to result in significant climate change within 100 years. Should carbon dioxide be considered to be a pollutant? Support your position by providing reasons why or why not.

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Shayna Wolf

Physics

21 September, 19:10

Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring gas that is vital to plant and animal life, yet carbon dioxide emissions from burning of fossil fuels are expected to result in significant climate change within 100 years. Should carbon dioxide be considered to be a pollutant? Support your position by providing reasons why or why not.

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Jeffrey Adams · Answer 1

Yes, carbon dioxide should be considered a pollutant. The emissions from fossil fuels have set the natural cycle of CO2 off kilter. With the destruction of massive amounts of forests and natural habitats, the population of plants is going down, but the emissions of man-made CO2 are going up.