Question: As the human population increases, more fossil fuels are being used. The burning of fossil fuels produces greenhouse gases. How might humans reduce greenhouse gases?
Answer: Use renewable resources to generate power.
Hypothesis: using renewable resources to generate power reduces greenhouse gases
Supporting facts: sent1: renewable resources are often available for many years sent2: wind / wind energy is a renewable / inexhaustible resource sent3: renewable resources can be used over again sent4: a renewable resource can be renewed sent5: to decrease something means to reduce that something sent6: wind is used for producing electricity sent7: electricity is a kind of electrical power sent8: oil is a kind of fossil fuel sent9: renewable resources can slow the depletion of nonrenewable resources sent10: generate means produce sent11: if something causes an increase in something else then that something produces that something else sent12: if something increases something else then decreasing that something will decrease that something else sent13: electrical power is a kind of power sent14: the burning of fossil fuels produces greenhouse gasses sent15: natural gas is used for generating electricity by burning in a power plant sent16: as the use of renewable resources increases , use of nonrenewable resources will decrease sent17: hydroelectric power is a renewable resource sent18: an inexhaustible resource is a kind of renewable resource sent19: natural gas is a kind of fossil fuel sent20: if something occurs by performing an action, then that action is required for that something to occur sent21: fossil fuels burning causes pollution sent22: fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource sent23: burning something is a kind of action sent24: a renewable resource can be replaced sent25: wood is a renewable resource
Reasoning: [BECAUSE] if something occurs by performing an action, then that action is required for that something to occur [AND] burning something is a kind of action [INFER] int1: if something occurs by burning something else, then burning that something else is required for that something to occur [BECAUSE] int1 [AND] natural gas is used for generating electricity by burning in a power plant [INFER] int2: using natural gas to generate electricity requires burning that natural gas [BECAUSE] int2 [AND] natural gas is a kind of fossil fuel [INFER] int3: using fossil fuels to generate electricity requires burning fossil fuels [BECAUSE] int3 [INFER] int4: using fossil fuels to generate power requires burning fossil fuels [BECAUSE] electrical power is a kind of power [AND] electricity is a kind of electrical power [INFER] int5: electricity is a kind of power [BECAUSE] int4 [AND] int5 [AND] the burning of fossil fuels produces greenhouse gasses [INFER] int6: using fossil fuels to generate power produces greenhouse gasses [BECAUSE] int6 [AND] fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource [INFER] int7: using nonrenewable resources to generate power produces greenhouse gasses [BECAUSE] int7 [AND] if something causes an increase in something else then that something produces that something else [INFER] int8: using nonrenewable resources to generate power increases greenhouse gasses [BECAUSE] int8 [AND] if something increases something else then decreasing that something will decrease that something else [INFER] int9: decreasing the use of nonrenewable resources to generate power will decrease greenhouse gasses [BECAUSE] int9 [AND] as the use of renewable resources increases , use of nonrenewable resources will decrease [INFER] int10: increasing the use of renewable resources to generate power will decrease greenhouse gasses [BECAUSE] int10 [AND] to decrease something means to reduce that something [INFER] int11: using renewable resources to generate power reduces greenhouse gases