Carbon dioxide (CO2) makes up the vast majority of greenhouse gasemissions from the sector, but smaller amounts of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are also emitted. These gases are released during the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, to produce electricity.
Answer:
C) They believed Earth to be much younger than current estimates.
Explanation:
- The proponents of the 18 and the 17th centuries believed that the earth was shaped by a strong and a violent forces such as the erosion that created the earth's geologic features and had a recent origin.