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causing pollution, or escapes into the air in the form of nitrous oxide—which, you may recall, has 265 times the…

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The greenhouse effect is the process by which certain atmospheric gases—principally water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and ozone—absorb solar energy that has been reflected from the earth’s surface. Were it not for this process, about 30 percent9 of the sun’s energy would be reflected back out into space in the form of infrared radiation.

Making all these materials emits lots of greenhouse gases. In fact, they’re responsible for about a third of all emissions worldwide.