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Price of Gas Plummets: Environmental Impact

It seems the environment and thinking green has been place on the back burner. The global financial uncertainty has preoccupied the minds of government leaders, corporations and individuals. Add to that the plummeting cost of gas at the pump.

What are Greenhouse Gases?

Greenhouse gases are pollutants that effectively absorb thermal infrared radiation, emitted by the earth’s surface. Trapped within the troposphere it produces a greenhouse effect, thermodynamically isolating the system equalizing inside and outside temperatures. Greenhouse gases maintain the temperature of the earth and without them the earth would not be habitable.