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Fossil fuels are an indirect form of solar energy because solar energy was used to sustain the plant life,through photosynthesis, that is now now part of the fossil fuels.

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Solar and wind energy don't expel CO2 (carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. Fossil fuels do. Also wind and solar energy are renewable energies. Fossil fuels will eventually run out.


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