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The three chief fossil fuels in energy production are coal, petroleum (oil), and natural gas.

Peat is also classified as a fossil fuel because its renewal rate is so very slow it is considered to be essentially non-renewable.
Fossil fuels have been used for centuries to power industries and machines.

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fossil fuels are such things as oil/petrol a "non-renewable" source of energy that produces carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

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wood, coal oil and natural gas

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What are the example of fossil fuels?

Fossil fuels are: coal methane, petroleum.


What is one example of a fossil fuels?

Oil or Gas


The majority of the worlds electricity is supplied by burning 2 words?

fossil fuels


What is an example of a renewable fossil fuel?

Fossil fuels are NOT renewable. Fossil fuels are made from dead animals, trees and sea creatures, which died millions of years ago.


What happens to fossil fuels when there burned?

When fossil fuels are burned they give off heat, the reason why we use them. Then they give gasses such as CO2 for example.


In what way are biomass and fossil fuels similar?

Fossil fuels and biomass fuels have similar origins. Firewood is an example of a biomass fuel. Fossil fuels are similar to biomass in that their creation also begins with microorganisms and plants using energy from the sun to fix CO2 into carbohydrates but there are several more steps in the creation of fossil fuels.


What is alternative fossil fuels?

Fossil fuels come from fossilied plant matter in the ground. Alternative fuels are alternatives to fossil fuels, and these are mainly carbon fuels that take their carbon from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (as fossil fuels do) but on a carbon cycle with a much shorter term. An example is wood, which can be burned as more trees are growing and absorbing carbon dioxide.


What is the difference between the Greenhouse Effect and fossil fuels?

Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources that can be burned to get energy. The Greenhouse Effect is, in part, the result of burning fossil fuels. In this example, fossil fuels would be a causative agent that creates an effect on the environment, specifically, the Earth's atmosphere.


How are fossil fuels converted to fuels?

how r fossil fuels canverted to fuels


How do nonrenewable fuels run out?

An example of non-renewable resources is fossil fuels. Once fossil fuels have been used up and no new sources found, then we can no longer use fossil fuels. A source of energy will no longer be available to us. It took many million of years for nature to produce fossil fuels, something we are unable to repeat.


What is the opposite of fossil fuels?

Non-fossil fuels, renewable fuels.


What are some natural fossil fuels?

Natural gas is an example of a natural fossil fuel that can be used sustainably.