Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 17â¦90, the United States Congress approved the creation of a special district to serve as the permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.
Fossil Fuels - There are coal, crude oils, oil shales, tar sands and natural gases such as butane, ethane, methane which occur naturally from the decomposition of plant and sea and land organisms over millions of years. Burning fossil fuels is the major way in which humans add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Fossil fuels ,when burnt, release harmful products into the atmosphere (like sulfur dioxide which causes acid rain). Water pollution is a problem such as with oil spills. Fossil fuels are finite which we are begining to understand with the cost of petroleum.ating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: By themselves, and when used (burned) in limited quantities, they are not bad. But as consumption increases, they can get very bad. There are many chemicals in the burning of fossil fuels ... but to make it simple, just follow the carbon (C) and oxygen (O) atoms.