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Explain how a global dependence on fossil fuels can lead to international security risks.

Bethany Evans

in Chemistry

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Karen Wright on February 12, 2019

The use of fossil fuels has had an impact on our world, whether we like it or not. The problems that arise with the use of fossil fuels has already had a negative impact on the world's social, economic, health, and natural areas. These problems include pollution, the disproportionate distribution of wealth, the extinction of species and other major health risks. Despite the fact that fossil fuels are, slowly but surely, the Earth has seen enough of the destruction we realize that the continued use of the same will lead to even greater potential risk. With the global warming in the spotlight around the world, the extinction of species on the increase and distribution of wealth increasingly disparate, we have to begin to rely on renewable sources of energy, for the benefit of humanity and the Earth as a whole.

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