Not totally, just because it is an internal combustion engine doesn't exactly mean that fossil fuels need to be burnt. The concept of the Internal Combustion engine is relatively reuseable, the major problem with it is its efficiency. As we all know a good petrol engine will probably get around 25 - 30% efficiency as in driving force. The rest is lost mostly to either friction or heat.
If these problems can be rectified the Internal Combustion engine could possibly run on fossil fuels for another century (Oil depending/Government b*llshit). Yet fuel cells and other means of power are being developed so this depends on the movement of technology.
Internal combustion engine.
In an internal combustion engine fuel is burned in a combustion chamber or cylinder inside the engine
The internal combustion engine give rise to the auto industry.
A steam engine is an external combustion engine.
A heater can be either an internal combustion engine or an external combustion engine, depending on its design and operation. Internal combustion engines generate heat through the combustion of fuel within the engine itself, while external combustion engines produce heat by burning fuel outside the engine to heat a working fluid. Common examples of heaters include furnaces (external combustion) and car engines (internal combustion). The specific classification depends on how and where the combustion occurs in relation to the heat-producing mechanism.
Reciprocating engines (piston engines) are internal combustion engines. Rotary engines ( Wankel engine) is also an internal combustion engine. In general, all types of engines in which the combustion chamber is an integrating part of the engine is considered a internal combustion engine.
a gasoline engine is an Internal combustion engine
Internal combustion engine.
and internal combustion engine and a gasoline engine are the same thing.
in internal combustion engine combustion happens internally in cylinder and in external combustion engine combustion happens externally in boiler
combustion engine
The four-stroke engine used in automobiles is an example of an internal combustion engine.
In an internal combustion engine fuel is burned in a combustion chamber or cylinder inside the engine
it was so noisy that it was considered a public nuisance
who was the first person to invent the internal combustion engine
The internal combustion engine give rise to the auto industry.
A steam engine is an external combustion engine.