Fossil Fuels Are An Important Part Of The World

1 What is coal? Coal is a substance we consider today a fossil fuel, created from all the dead plants millions of years ago. Coal is formed from prehistoric plants that when they die are not able to release the energy they built up from photosynthesis Typically the plants had fallen into large swamps and bogs, and then over time the dead plants lying on the bottom of the swamps and bogs were slowly covered with other dead plants and sediment build-up. Once buried the plants were subjected to high amounts of pressure and temperatures, which over long periods of time it becomes peat then eventually creates coal. We refer to coal as a “fossil fuel” today because it is created from prehistoric plants and the coal we have today has been millions of years since it was in plant form. Today we coal is still being created we just don’t fully recognize it because how long the process actually takes.

The U.S obtains more than 84% of its energy from fossil fuels including oil, coal and natural gas. This is because people rely on it to heat their homes, power industries, run vehicles, manufacturing, and provision of electricity. It is apparent that the country’s transportation industry highly depends on conventional petroleum oil, which is responsible for global warming, thus threatening economic opulence and national security. Apart from that, increasing consumption of fossil fuels have elevated health problems in the state, destroyed wild places, and polluted the environment. After conducting Environmental Impact Assessment, projections showed that the world energy consumption would increase by more than 56% between 2010 and 2040. However, fossil fuels will cater for more than 80% of the total energy used in 2040. Sadly, it will be a trajectory to alter the world’s climate, as well as, weaken the global security environment. Importantly, the rate at which the US relies on fossil fuels needs to reduce since it has adverse effects on the planet’s supplies. The society needs to realize that fossil fuels are nonrenewable, thus taking millions of years to form (Huebner, 2003). Notably, the country can reduce dependency on fossil fuels by practicing energy conservation and efficiency,

The energy we get from coal today comes from the energy that plants absorbed from the sun millions of years ago. When an area is to be mined, topsoil and subsoil are removed from the rock and so is another material, call overburden, to expose the bed of coal. All living plants give solar energy through photosynthesis. When plants die the energy gets out as the plants decay. The whole decaying process gets interrupted which prevents the release of the stored solar energy, then the energy stays locked in the coal. The plant material gets subjected to high temperatures and pressures which causes physical and chemical changes in the vegetation, transforming it into peat and then into coal. The formation of peat is the first step in the geological formation of fossil fuels such as coal. Peat plants is not only the first step for formation but they also capture CO2 itself. There are many effect to the environment when it comes to coal; an example is AMD which stands for Acid mine drainage; it includes the outflow of acidic water from coal mines or metal mines. Mines exposed rocks containing pyrite which reacts to water and air to form acid and dissolved iron and can easily wash into rivers and streams. Coal is a huge impact when it comes to hurting our

Firstly, and put very simply, fossil fuels are non-renewable! Once the finite deposits of brown and black coal are exhausted around the planet there will be no more energy generated by this process. Current estimates predict that all known coal deposits will be exhausted within the next 120 years.

Fossil fuels are a fuel that was formed over millions of years from organic material from forms of life. There are different types of fossil fuels such as gas, oil, nuclear and the one mostly produced in Australia, coal. Australian government supplies energy from fossil fuels to the entire country as around 86% of electricity is generated from these fuels, with 73% from coal and 13% from natural gas with renewable energy sources making up 14% of Australia’s electricity (origin,2015). Fossil fuels have advantages such as the reliability and efficiency because they generate huge amount of energy which is more reliable (Rinkesh,2009). They are also safe with easy transportation on large trucks or pumped through large pipes. However, fossil fuels

Fossil fuels are coal, oil, and natural gas; huge power stations are a mining coal to burn and create power for our homes. Coal is non-renewable with means it is earth's source than cannot be replaced, it means we are constantly drawing on the resources that will eventually dwindle away. This is becoming so expensive and is eating away at the earth.

For coal to form it takes millions of years. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the coal energy came from giant plants that lived in the swamp forests. When the flora died, the remains formed layers. Water and dirt started to set

-Coal is made from energy that giant dead plants store in swampy areas and then after the plants died, it formed a layer in the swap grounds. Dirt and water piled on top of the swamp layer that was formed, and thousands and thousands of years later after lots of heat pressure, and chemical/ physical changes you find coal.

Coal is a fossil fuel and is the result of altered remains of prehistoric vegetation that originally accumulated in swamps and peat bogs. The material that formed fossil fuels varied greatly over time as each layer was buried. As a result of these variations and the length of time the coal was forming, several types of coal were created. Depending upon its composition, each type of coal burns differently and releases different types of emissions.

Carbon gives coal most of its energy. Coal is made from peat, which is material that is formed from plants that have accumulated at the bottom of swampy areas. As peat is buried by sedimentary rock and sandstone, moisture is squeezed out of it, and as it heats up, coal is formed.

Fossil Fuels such us oil, coal, and natural gas are currently the world’s primary energy resources because they originate from living things. Formed millions of years ago from the decomposition of organic materials such as plants and animal life, it is non-renewable resources that supplied U.S. and global economic development over the past century. In fact, Fossil fuel industries mine or drill for this energy resources, burn them to provide electricity. Natural gas and oil are used when it comes to heating and cooling. Oil is predominantly and most important resource responsible for transportation fuel and generate heat. Thus fossil fuels have served the mankind and are still one of the most useful tools for human existence. The world depended on Fossil fuels in which it allows us to easily live and absolutely necessary part of everyone 's daily life.

The world currently relies heavily on fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas for its energy. These fuels are non-renewable; because they are extracted from finite resources that will eventually drop, becoming too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve. In comparison, the renewable energy resources like wind and solar energy are constantly replenished and will never run out.

Nonrenewable resources, such as fossil fuels, fulfill about 80% of the world’s energy supply [1]. They are easily obtainable, and are a relatively pure energy resource that provides energy at a low cost [1]. Though cheap and reliable, there are many drawbacks to extended use of these energy sources. The main disadvantages of nonrenewable energy sources, which includes the consumption of fossil fuels, is the harmful way they affect the environment as well as

Next, there are a few other reasons why we need to keep fossil fuels besides just to make renewable energies. The first reason is that we are very dependent on them one quote states that “Fossil Fuels account for more than 80 percent of the world’s primary energy consumption and their demand will increase in order to fulfil societal needs” (Whiting 5). That quote shows that we are very dependent on fossil fuels and that even though we are using more renewable energies the demand for fossil fuels can still go up. Another credible source states that the UN is projected the dropping of world dependency on fossil fuels from “80% to 75% by 2030” (Head 626). In other words Head believes that the need for fossil fuels will go down five percent. That percentage is a large amount to decrease in so few years, but it is still a small percentage compared to the whole and helps solidify the claim that renewable energies are not ready to take over and capable to make the switch. It also helps establish how dependent we are on fossil fuels currently. Finally from procon.org is the quote that "It will take at least three decades to completely leave behind fossil fuels” (Heinberg). It is a big claim that we could possibly make that large of a switch in thirty years. It is hard to imagine that the world would be able to make such a drastic switch in only thirty years. There is also the question of how expensive it is going to be to try to get it done in thirty years and what effects it could have on the economy.

Fossil fuels come under non renewable sources of energy because we burn the fossil fuel to obtain coal, oil, natural gas, petrol and etc and one day these resources will get over. Nevertheless, these fossil fuels also cause global warming because of the increasing soil and air pollution on burning.