Additional resources
If you or your students would like to explore the topic further, these additional resources will be useful.
Reading Greenhouse Gases, from the American Chemical Society]
Reading Hydrocarbons, from BC campus Open Education
Reading Energy from fossil fuels, from Western Oregon University, USA
Simulation Climate Bathtub Simulation, by Dr Sterman from System Dynamics Group at MIT, USA, to understand what will happen if atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are allowed to increase or decrease beyond current levels.