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  1. Fossil Fuels

    Any combustible hydrocarbon deposit formed from the remains of prehistoric organisms. Examples are petroleum, coal, and natural gas.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fossil fuels in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fossil fuels in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of fossil fuels in a Sentence

  1. Carvalho Resende:

    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.

  2. Luis Vargas:

    Some researchers believe that around 2050 the country might be 100 percent renewable. Fossil fuels are gradually reducing their share.

  3. Jennifer Wilcox:

    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.

  4. Chris Stark:

    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?,'.

  5. Alex Scott:

    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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