They are burned to create energy like electricity.
Fossil fuels are not used in nuclear power stations. Nuclear fuel is used (uranium)
Fossil fuels are used in thermal power stations for production of electricity. They are used as automobile fuels i.e petroleum. They are used in factories and industries as power source like in Iron or Steel industries.
Coal is used in power stations to generate electricity.Oil is used to power cars, trucks and most kinds of vehicles.
Them most commonly used fuels in UK power stations are fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, and oil. Nuclear fuels like plutonium and uranium are sometimes used as well.
Fossil fuels are used to generate electricity in our homes and for to power our automobiles and other vehicles and power tools.
All fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are used in power plants.
fossil fuels can be used as an energy source to power all vehicles and most machinery
They have been the most efficient energy source available
Combustion releases the energy in fossil fuels as heat. Other methods can be used, depending on the circumstances.
Personally I used fossil fuels today to boil my kettle, run my laptop on the internet, drive to the shops. Later I will cook my evening meal. All these things use fossil fuels. Electric power uses fossil fuels that are burnt at the nearest power plant.
nuclear power
by being burnt such as coal