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Fossil fuels are formed by plant and animal matter that decays differently under immense pressure and large periods of time deep in the earth's crust. As long as there have been plants and animals (subtracting the perhaps million years it takes to actually form the fuel), there have been fossil fuels.
In this way, fossil fuels ARE renewable, though it takes a very, very long time. As long as things continue to die and be buried and potentially, to fossilize or decay, there will be fossil fuels, though there is an argument about how long sufficient quantities of these fuels will last.
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How long fossil fuel energy has been used?
Fossil fuel has been used for around a million years.
What is a phacops fossil?
It is a genus trilobite that has been found as a fossil on New York soil. It went extinct about 232 million years ago.
How long has algae been around?
1100 million years ago
Why wasn't global warming a problem thousands of years ago?
We only seriously began burning fossil fuels around 200 years ago, when the Industrial Revolution began. This releases carbon dioxide that has been hidden away for 300 million years, and this was the trigger for global warming.
How long has the coelacanth been around for?
173. because 2012-1839=173 a coela canth is 173 years old.
How long fossil fuel energy has been used?
Fossil fuel has been used for around a million years.
What is a drying fossil?
a fossil that has been underground for million years
How long has fish been around for?
According to fossil records, they believe that fish, such as the Hagfish, have been around for about 300 million years.
How long have sea otters been around?
With use of genetic and fossil evidence, sea otters have been around for at least 5 million years.
How many years have sharks been around?
Sharks have been around for about 409 million years but before they evolved they were around for 890 million years.Sharks have been around for about 409 million years but before they evolved they were around for 890 million years. TRUE!Over 400 million years!Shakrs have been alive for a very long time. They have swam the waters of earth since about 409 million years ago. This period of time was before our first dinosaurs came to be infact.
How long have arachnids been around?
The short answer is about 380 million years. This has recently been revised with new fragmented fossil evidence dating them 50 million years earlier than previously thought.
How long has the raccoon been around?
The first fossil evidence of the raccoon family was found in Europe and dates back 25 million years.
How many years have dogs been around for?
Dogs have been domesticated by humans for around 15,000-30,000 years, with the earliest evidence dating back to the last Ice Age.
How many years have dog's been around?
The earliest fossil remains of canis species are seven to nine million years ago, making dogs relative newcomers.
How many years have raccoons been on earth?
There is fossil evidence of raccoons found in Europe going back 25 million years., That is a lot longer than modern humans have been around.
When did apes and hominids diverge?
The first fossil remains that have been found were dated around 4.4 million years ago. These were the fossils of Ardipithecus Ramidus, which lived 1 million years before the last fossils that were found.
How long have homo sapiens been on earth according to fossil record?
Homo sapiens have been on Earth for approximately 300,000 years according to the fossil record. This time frame is based on archaeological and anthropological evidence of early human remains found in different regions around the world.
