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Electricity does not inherently reduce the use of fossil fuels -- in fact, the production of electric energy is one of the biggest uses of fossil fuels.
There are two ways that electric power can reduce the use of fossil fuels:
Efficiency improvements, and alternate power sources.
Efficiency improvements:
* By replacing thousands of relatively inefficient fossil-fuel-burning engines with thousands of electric motors and a couple of highly efficient centralized fossil-fuel-burning electric power plants, the same amount of mechanical work requires less fossil fuel.
* By using a microwave oven to cook food rather than a gas or electric conventional oven, only enough energy is used to heat the food itself, rather than heating up the internal structure of the oven and the air it contains, and maintaining that temperature for a longer time.
Alternate power sources:
Power can be produced in several ways that require no fossil fuels -- see the "What can you use instead of fossil fuels?" question below.
Converting those forms of energy to electric power makes it easier to reduce or -- in principle -- eliminate the fossil fuel that otherwise would have been used to produce that electric power.
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Do fossil fuels provide heat when they are burned?
Yes, that is the primary reason to use fossil fuels.
What kind of power stations are fueled by fossil fuels?
The two most commonly used fossil fuels used to generate electricity are coal and natural gas. Some smaller-scale generators, especially backup generators for critical buildings or functions, are fueled by diesel or, for personal-sized generators, gasoline. Those are the most common ones. In theory, you could use almost any fossil fuel to generate electricity.
How do electricity suppliers get the electricity?
Generators supply electricity to transformers. Then the transformers increase the voltage to reduce voltage drop as the electricity travels over long distances. When the power gets to its destination, other transformers reduce the voltage back down to a useable level.
Why are scientists are working to reduce the use of the two main sources of energy people use today-fossil fuels and biomass?
its simple it is because... sorry bad conections
Why should we use solar energy instead of fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels won't last for ever. We must research alternative power sources: of which solar power is just one possibility.
How does solar energy reduce the use of fossil fuels?
Most countries burn fossil fuels to generate electricity.If they used solar power to generate electricity, thenThey would not have to use so much fossil fuel.Solar Energy itself does not reduce the use of fossil fuels. But the use of solar energy should hopefully reduce the need of fossil fuels to create energy, so therefore the more we can use solar power as an energy source instead of fossil fuels, the more we reduce the use of fossil fuels.
How could using less electricity help to reduce air pollution?
if we reduced our use of electricity's could conserve stocks of fossil fuels and reduce air pollution
Why do you use nuclear power?
We use nuclear power because it produces cheap electricity and they reduce the need to import fossil fuels.
How do solar panels help us reduce the amount of fossil fuels we use?
Solar panels produce electricity without greenhouse gas emissions and therefore we don't need to use fossil fuels as much?
How can you reduce dependence on fossil fuels?
Heat with wood to reduce your dependence on fossil fuels. Turn your lawn into an organic garden. Telecommute. Buy an electric car and renewable energy to reduce your dependence on fossil fuels.
Why do you use fossil fuels today?
To get electricity and fuel
How do you reduce people carbon footprint?
A method is to reduce the use of fossil fuels.
How do you release the energy from fossil fuels into living organismas?
Use the fossil fuels to make electricity. Use the electricity to make light and use this artificial light to raise crops (eg carrots). Feed the carrots to a rabbit. The rabbit will then be living on the energy (which was once sunlight) that was stored in the fossil fuels.
How might actions contribute to global warming?
Any time we use electricity produced from fossil fuels, and any time we use fossil fuels (transport).
What challenge does Canada face in its effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels?
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Why do fossil fuels play such a big part in your lives?
the electricity you use depends mainly on fossil fuels, the factories that make machinary are ru on fossil fuels and a lot pf the things you use starts off as oil. You depend on petrol, diesel and kerosen for you car, and you use gas or electricity for cooking and heating.
How do you save coal in Hindi?
we should minimize the use of fossil fuels and we should use carpools as well as as drive at a moderate speed. we should try to reduce the use of these fossil fuels that might help us in our future & we should use these fossil fuels carefully.
