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.
Burning fossil fuels brings environmental consequences ranging from air and water pollution to releasing carbon into the atmosphere. The availability and prices of fossil fuels are major factors influencing economic trends.ave. Ole-Gunnar Rasmussen/iStock/Getty Images. Fossil fuels are so named because their sources are not readily renewed like solar, wind or hydroelectric energy. There's only so much in the ground, and while new technologies find more of these resources, no one knows for sure how long the supplies will last.