Physics teaches that energy is not created or destroyed. All that it does is change from one form to another. The chemical potential energy that is bound up in fossil fuels, changes to heat, electrical energy and kinetic energy when it is burned to turn electrical generators or run internal combustion engines in automobiles. The electrial energy is then changed to heat and kinetic energy in the electrical divices that are operated. The Kinetic energy in the automobiles and electrical devices is changed to heat by friction with the air and road (for the automobiles) and friction when using the electical devices. All of this energy eventually is changed to heat.
Heat is disordered energy, and according the the law of entropy, disorder increases in all physical processes. All of the energy produced by the burning of fossil fuels eventually becomes heat. Where does all this heat go? It warms up the air. As your automobile cools or your electrical device cools, it is giving off its heat energy to warm the air. This is causing global warming of the atmosphere directly.
Mankind has become technological and uses much more energy than it used to. There is also many more people in the world as the population increases, using more energy. I believe that this is the prime cause of global warming and not the greenhouse effect, as others claim.
The idea of global warming and the greenhouse effect came about when a chart was ploted showing the rise in temperature that went along with the rise in carbon dioxide every winter do to less photosynthesis and the burning of more fossil fuel to keep warm. The guy plotting this graff noticed a yearly rise in temperature associated with increased carbon dioxide in the air. So the idea of the greenhouse effect causing global warming was started. But, increases in energy use by mankind goes up directly proportional to the increase in carbon dioxide. The more fuel you burn, the more energy and carbon dioxide are produced. I think the graff was misinterpreted. It is the use of more energy by mankind, that is directly heating up the atmosphere. If there is a green house effect because of carbon dioxide, it is only a contributing factor to global warming and not the main cause.
Solution to global warming:
Blow the tops off of volcanoes, using hydrogen bombs, that are known to produce much ash and sulphur dioxide and block out the sun with clouds of ash causing cooling.
However this would interfere with crop production, and kill alot of people.
Second solution: Decrease the Earth's population by a billion people or more.
This would greatly decrease the amount of energy that men are using and decrease the warming effect.