fossil fuels

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1. Coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

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All fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide when burned. (See greenhouse effect.)

Burning fossil fuels is a main cause of air pollution.

All of these fuels were formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

Example Sentences

They can use electricity generated from increasingly clean sources, as wind and solar power replace polluting fossil fuels.

From BBC

That reflects the high cost of building Hinkley C, but supporters of nuclear power say that it is a guarantee against the volatile global market for fossil fuels.

From BBC

A series of chemical processes then transform those fossil fuels into Polyethylene terephthalate -- or PET -- which the bottle is made from.

From Barron's

But trap too much, which humans were doing by burning fossil fuels, and everything started to overheat.

From Literature

However, resource-poor Japan now wants to revive atomic energy to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and meet growing energy needs from artificial intelligence.

From Barron's