fossil fuels

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Coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

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

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

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Burning fossil fuels is a main cause of air pollution.

Words nearby fossil fuels

Fossey, fossick, fossil, fossil energy, fossil fuel, fossil fuels, fossil gum, fossiliferous, fossilize, fossil record, fossor

How to use fossil fuels in a sentence

The current conflict it fuels is now poised to last long into the new year.
No Gods, No Cops, No Masters|James Poulos|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But Sanders, a representative of the Northeastern vacation state of Vermont, also opposes fossil fuel development.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And given the current glut in fossil fuels, it might even be a better economic bet to wait a few years.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By most measures, it is the dirtiest fossil fuel on the planet.
The Pipeline From Hell: There’s No Good Reason to Build Keystone XL|Jack Holmes|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

With less than a dozen toilets in the entire community, poor sanitation fuels high rates of malaria and lethal cases of diarrhea.
Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola|Abby Haglage|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To those who are unaccustomed to view fossil remains the dimensions of some of these seem almost incredible.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
The fossil record is too incomplete to reveal the time when the two tribes diverged.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks|John A. White
Automatically controlled heat application to ensure complete vaporization of fuels.
Marvel Carbureter and Heat Control|Anonymous
From the discovery of immense fossil bones of mastodons and other extinct species.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5|Hubert Howe Bancroft
This chapter ought not to be concluded without a short notice of that remarkable rain known to geologists as “fossil rain.”
The Rain Cloud|Anonymous