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

In the years since, Japan has ramped up imports of natural gas and other fossil fuels to meet its energy needs.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Having energy dominance means you have a wide variety and depth of energy sources, from fossil fuels to nuclear to wind to solar, everything.”

From Los Angeles Times

Nuclear fusion has the potential to one day accelerate the planet’s shift away from fossil fuels, which are the major contributors to climate change.

From Los Angeles Times

This could have the perverse effect of preventing the deployment of renewables even when they are cheaper than, and superior to, fossil fuels.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now it is pivoting back to fossil fuels fast in a bid to boost profits and its languishing stock price.

From The Wall Street Journal