What are the disadvantages of burning fossil fuels?
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Disadvantages of burning the fossil fuels are:
  1. The burning of fossil fuels produce acidic gases.
  2. The burning of fossil fuels produce large amount of $CO _2$ gas, which increases greenhouse effect.
  3. The burning of fossil fuels produce smoke and leaves behind a lot of ash.
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