Transcript The trouble with fossil fuels presentation

The trouble with
fossil fuels
A Christian Aid primary assembly
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Which of these are fossils?
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Carbon is in lots of things…
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Coal can be burned.
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Coal was once
used in steam
trains – and is
still used in some
power stations to
make electricity.
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Burning coal releases carbon
dioxide, which adds to climate
change.
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Climate change is changing
weather patterns.
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People are thinking up new
ways to capture energy.
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Lots of people are asking the
government to stop fossil fuels.
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Image credits: slides 1-6: Wikimedia Commons (see slide notes for full credits); slide 7: Christian Aid/Lilly Peel; slide 8: Christian Aid/G M B
Akash/Panos Pictures; slide 9: John Philips/Getty Images, for Climate Coalition
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