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have been burning {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}amounts of fossil
fuels, releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide. The gas is changing the
climate, warming the {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}for plants and
animals and raising sea {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Even if we
stopped burning fossil fuels today, there is enough carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere. Hence, we have the idea of finding ways of {{U}} {{U}}
6 {{/U}} {{/U}}carbon dioxide. In recent years there
have been {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}to remove the carbon
dioxide from its {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}in power plants.
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burning can be removed from the {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}}
{{/U}}emissions. The carbon dioxide can be cooled and pumped for {{U}}
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useful way of preventing carbon dioxide from entering the {{U}} {{U}}
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{{/U}} {{/U}}that is already out there? The problem with removing carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere is that it's {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}}
{{/U}}at such a {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}concentration.
Removing the gas takes lots of energy. Though it is expensive, it's {{U}}
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{{/U}} {{/U}}of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would require enormous
volumes of {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}to be processed.
Therefore, most scientists have {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}at
the idea.