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Fossil fuels are the main energy sources formed from remains of ancient plants and animals. There are three main types: coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Coal varies in carbon content and is used for power plants and steel production. Petroleum is refined into fuels like gasoline and used for transportation and plastics. Natural gas is extracted through hydraulic fracturing and used as an energy source. Fossil fuels are also a major source of air pollution and global warming.

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04 Fossilfuels

Fossil fuels are the main energy sources formed from remains of ancient plants and animals. There are three main types: coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Coal varies in carbon content and is used for power plants and steel production. Petroleum is refined into fuels like gasoline and used for transportation and plastics. Natural gas is extracted through hydraulic fracturing and used as an energy source. Fossil fuels are also a major source of air pollution and global warming.

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Fossil Fuels

How fossil fuels are created!

Fossil Fuels
Main energy sources that are formed
from the remains of ancient plants
and animals.
Energy is released when fossil fuels
are burned
Runs cars, machinery, and generators.

Three main types

1. Coal organic
sedimentary rock
Varies in the
amount of carbon
more carbon =
more energy

Used to run power


plants and to make
steel
At the present rate
of use it could last
hundreds of years

India: Digging Deep for Coal

Coal formation

Different types of Coal


1.
2.
3.
4.

Peat
Low Energy
Lignite
|
Bituminous
|
Anthracite
High Energy

What is peat?
Peat is a soft
organic material
consisting of partly
decayed plant
matter together
with deposited
minerals.

How we harvest/mine peat?


Following technologies are presently used
for peat extraction:
Milling method
Sod peat extraction

2. Petroleum organic liquid


plant/animal remains
Contains carbon and
hydrogen
Refined as gasoline,
kerosene, lubricants, etc.
Used to heat homes, run
cars, in plastics,
fertilizers, dyes,
medicines
Must drill wells to tap
source
Often found with natural
gas

Drilling for Oil

3. Natural Gas
Chain of hydrocarbons created with
petroleum
Can be used as an energy source

Natural Gas Extraction


(Hydraulic Fracturing AKA Fracking)
Technique for extracting natural gas from
tight rock(shale) structures deep below
surface
Has been used since 1950s
Hydraulic Fracturing involves
Drilling a well deep down below earth
Turning drill to horizontal
Set off small charges to create cracks in the shale
Inject 500,000 gallons of fluid to fracture shale
Fluid is 99% water plus sand and chemicals
Extracting natural gas

The Fracking Song


Opportunity or Danger?!?

Environmental Impact
Fossil fuels are also the major source
of air pollution and therefore, the
major contributor to global warming!

True or False
Renewable resources can be replaced at a
rate close to its rate of use or in an
unlimited supply.
True

Fossil fuels are energy sources that are


formed from the remains of plants and
animals.
True

The three main types of fossil fuels are coal


and oxygen and natural gas.
False: Coal, Petroleum and Natural Gas

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