Fossil Fuels: The Facts
What Are Fossil Fuels? Popularized by climate change, the term “fossil fuels” describes any solid, liquid or gaseous fuel (like coal, peat, crude oil, petroleum
Articles on energy from fossil fuels (coal, oil & gas, tar sands) & nuclear power, as well as renewables like solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, biomass & biofuels. Plus environmental effects of tailings ponds, gas seepage, oil spills & fracking.
What Are Fossil Fuels? Popularized by climate change, the term “fossil fuels” describes any solid, liquid or gaseous fuel (like coal, peat, crude oil, petroleum
Natural gas is a non-renewable, flammable fuel, used worldwide for mainly heating and the generation of electricity. Colorless, odorless, and non-toxic, its largest constituent is
Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a relatively new extraction method for natural gas and petroleum, which injects water, chemicals and sand at very high
Coal is not only the most widespread of all fossil fuels, it’s also the most damaging. Over the past 150 years or so, it has
Petroleum – one of the most versatile fossil fuels – continues to exert a damaging effect on the global climate system and on the air
Whether or not nuclear energy is a replacement for fossil fuels is a question that is not likely to go away. Basically, it’s a matter
Renewable energy is obtained from resources that are naturally regenerated on a human timescale. The main renewables are (a) solar power (b) wind (c) hydropower
The benefits of renewable energy stem from its natural sustainability. It comes from energy resources that are naturally replenished within a human time scale –
In climate science, biomass (biological matter) is any organic material that comes from plants, animals or vegetables, which is used for energy production (electricity or
The ecological and environmental effects of fossil fuels are felt throughout the biosphere and cover three major areas: (a) The impact of global warming due