https://www.conservapedia.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Gomorrah 2026-10-08T17:35:02Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.35.14 https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Fossil_fuels&diff=1180622 2015-11-08T07:18:16Z

<p>Gomorrah: I moved the sentence under &quot;Finite Resources?&quot; to the introduction paragraph. I then deleted the section because it doesn't warrant it's own section imo. I also moved a citation to the relevant links section.</p> <hr /> <div>'''Fossil Fuels''' are predominately [[hydrocarbon]] material formed from plant material over geological time under heat and pressure. Examples include [[coal]] and [[oil]] and their derived products of [[petroleum]] or [[gasoline]]. A lot of coal comes from [[West Virginia]], [[Wyoming]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. A lot of oil comes from the [[Middle East]] and [[Venezuela]]. The United States has many oil reserves that remain untapped due to interference from [[Environmentalism|environmentalists]]. Because of the long time period required for fossil fuels to be produced in nature, fossil fuels are a finite resource. (See [[Hubbert's peak]].)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Uses==<br /> Fossil fuels are used in the production of plastic, and burned as fuel or for heat.<br /> <br /> ==Downsides==<br /> Fossil fuels have been criticized as producing a lot of pollution, including [[sulfur dioxide]] (from small amounts of organic sulfur compounds), which sometimes produces [[acid rain]], and [[carbon dioxide]], a [[greenhouse gas]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> * &quot;We owe our industrial society and elevated standard of living to fossil fuels.&quot; [http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/Trenberth/XchangeGray_FtCollinsFeb08.pdf]<br /> *[http://www.bydesign.com/fossilfuels/links/html/coal.html]] <br /> *[http://www.exxon.com/USA-English/gFM/home_Contact_Us/homepage.asp]<br /> [[Category:Earth Sciences]]<br /> [[category: environment]]</div>

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