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fos·sil fu·els
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U.S. National Library of Medicine
Fossil Fuels
Any combustible hydrocarbon deposit formed from the remains of prehistoric organisms. Examples are petroleum, coal, and natural gas.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fossil fuels in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fossil fuels in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of fossil fuels in a Sentence
We have seen some wildfires in some sites that have emitted more than 30 million megatons of CO2 -- that's more or less what Bolivia emits in from fossil fuels in one single year, one single event can actually be the emissions of a whole country.
Some researchers believe that around 2050 the country might be 100 percent renewable. Fossil fuels are gradually reducing their share.
Since we get fossil fuels from the earth, there's a lot of other components other than just the carbons, there's critical minerals like cobalt and nickel, and there's also rare earth elements.
Globally, the question will be ... 'Do we lock in the use of fossil fuels in our infrastructure choices ... or do we instead look to a green stimulus?,'.
Germany starting to backtrack and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looking at doing a new deal with Senegal on gas supply. That's a worrying sign for the G7 unity in May for shifting out of fossil fuels, what's happening in Germany at the moment is sending the wrong message.
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