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What are the impacts of oil as a non-renewable resource?

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The negative impact of using a non-renewable resource, like oil, is that burning it releases carbon which immediately links with two atoms of oxygen to form carbon dioxide. This is a powerful greenhouse gas that is causing global warming.

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