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fossil fuels

Coal, petroleum, and natural gas.

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Notes

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.

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Example Sentences

Minerals like lithium and copper are needed in large quantities for electric vehicle batteries, solar panels, and other renewable technologies to replace fossil fuels.

From Salon

Removing the Phillips 66 ads from Dodger Stadium “would send the message that it’s time to end our embrace of polluting fossil fuels and work together towards a cleaner, greener future,” Gonzalez wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Our gas boilers are the main culprit; lots of individual devices inefficiently burning fossil fuels to create the heat.

From BBC

Chief among these are fossil fuels, waste and agriculture.

From BBC

UK greenhouse gas emissions have more than halved since 1990, largely thanks to less electricity coming from fossil fuels and more from renewables.

From BBC

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