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All fossil fuels have to be removed from underground:
- coal - dug out
- oil - drilled down to then pumped up from underground
- natural gas - collected into wells that are capped
- fracked gas - fracked from within rocks underground and extracted to the surface
All fossil fuels must be heated and burned to release usable energy.
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∙ 12y agoFossil fuels are burned to release their chemical energy (hydrocarbon bonds). Ideally they form carbon dioxide and water, but various contaminants and pollutants are also created, especially when using internal combustion engines. The cleanest fuel is natural gas, while coal is on the whole the most polluting, as it creates soot when incompletely burned and may also contain excessive sulfur.
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Is Energy from the sun is converted into different types of energy on earth?
its is converted into fossil fuels
When a fossil fuel is burned what energy is converted to kinetic energy?
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
When a fossil fuel is burned energy is converted to kinetic energy?
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
When a fossil fuel is burned energy is converted to kinetic energy.?
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
What problems harnessed nuclear energy from fossil fuels?
Nuclear energy does not come from fossil fuels
What are four advantages for fossil fuels?
four advantages for fossil fuels: Fossil fuels have high energy density, are readily transportable, are usable with current infrastructure, and
When fossil fuels are burned what is energy converted into?
Thermal energy
What do thermal energy and fossil fuels have in common?
When fossil fuels are burned, some of the chemical energy stored in them is converted into thermal energy.
Is Energy from the sun is converted into different types of energy on earth?
its is converted into fossil fuels
When you burn a fossil fuel what is the potential energy converted to?
The chemical potential energy in fossil fuels is converted to thermal energy (heat) by burning them.
What is the chemical energy in fossil fuels often converted into?
electrical energy....
How does fossil fuels get converted into electricity?
Actually the energy of fossil fuels is converted into electricity.In thermal power plants fossil fuels are used to heat the water and steam is formed.Then that pressurized steam helps in rotating turbines and energy is formed.
When fossil fuels are burned their chemical potential energy is converted into?
thermal energy.
How is the chemical energy in fossil fuels related to the sun's energy?
The potential chemical energy in fossil fuels and food was stored by plants that converted the sun's radiant energy into chemical energy.
The energy in fossil fuels is often converted into?
I think it's electricity.
How do fossil fuels convert chemical energy?
When you burn it, the chemical energy is converted to thermal energy.
When a fossil fuels is burn energy is converted to kinetic energy?
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
