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The three main types of fossil fuel used in the US (and everywhere):

  1. Coal
  2. Oil
  3. Natural gas (methane).

Two ways of using fossil fuels today:

  1. We burn fossil fuel to generate electricity.
  2. We burn oil to power vehicles (cars, trucks, trains, ships and planes).
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