FOSSIL FUELS.
Contents
References 3
I. Introduction (Fossil Fuel Energy) 4
II. Types of Fossil Fuels 6
Coal 6
Oil 7
Natural Gas 8
III. Conclusion 9
References
Web Address of References
http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/story/story-html/chapter05.html
http://webhome.idirect.com/~bobita/Cretaceous/Uses_Of_Fossils/index.htm
http://science.cc.uwf.edu/SH/Curr/fossil.fuel.htm
http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/~edu/technology/ebp97/leec/coal.htm
http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/~edu/technology/ebp97/leec/gas.htm
Other Reference
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Published in Great Britain, 1990, by Gloucester Press.
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Allen, John E
Energy Resources for a Changing World
Published in Great Britain, 1992, by Cambridge University Press.
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I. Introduction
FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY
Imagine that millions of years ago, earth was covered with tropical trees and swamps, which are ideal conditions for forming fossil fuels. All were formed many millions of years ago during the time of the dinosaurs therefore
the name fossil fuels.
When plants and dinosaurs and other ancient creatures died, they decomposed and became buried, layer upon layer under the ground. It took millions of years to form these layers into a hard, black colored rock-like substance called coal, a thick liquid called oil or petrole...