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Natural gas is a fossil fuel (mostly). If it is methane CH4 it burns with oxygen to produce CO2 and H2O (carbon dioxide and water):

Each carbon atom combines with two oxygen atoms, while every pair of hydrogen atoms combine with a third oxygen atom. Every pound of fuel burned creates 2¾ pounds of carbon dioxide.

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A utilities company is planning to build several power stations in Canada. The company is considering alternative ways to generate power...read comment?

Imagine you are asked to advise the utilities company about the costs (negatives) and benefits associated with the use of fossil fuels in thermal power stations. a. List four costs of using fossil fuels in thermal power stations. b. List four benefits of using fossil fuels in thermal power stations.?


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 might an increased use of alternate energy sources such as wind and solar radiation affect the lifetime of fossil fuel resources?

If we use more alternate energy, then we will use less fossil fuel energy, so fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) will have a longer life time.Anything and EVERYTHING that will have a detrimental impact upon the use of fossil fuels may just increase 'Our Life Time'.


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.

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Do gas cookers use fossil fuels?

Yes


Which fuel do you use the most of in power stations in the UK?

Them most commonly used fuels in UK power stations are fossil fuels like coal, natural gas, and oil. Nuclear fuels like plutonium and uranium are sometimes used as well.


The gas that you use for gas barbecues is?

Barbecue grills use propane, a kind of fossil fuels.


How do power stations cause global warming?

Power stations contribute to global warming if they use fossil fuels (coal, oil or natural gas) to generate their electricity. Burning fossil fuels is recognised as one of the two main causes of global warming (the other is deforestation). Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas which is accumulating in the atmosphere and causing global warming.


What type of power stations do not use chemical energy?

Fossil-fuel power stations, hydroelectric power stations and nuclear power stations.


What fossil fuels do factories use?

Petroleum and natural gas. Also charcoal


What are two things that burn fossil fuel?

Power stations and auto mobiles are two things that use fossil fuels.


How many fossil fuels do you use in everyday living?

Well it's hard to say there are only three fossil fuels altoghether Coal, oil, and natural gas so no one really knows how many fossil fuels we use in everydayliving


A utilities company is planning to build several power stations in Canada. The company is considering alternative ways to generate power...read comment?

Imagine you are asked to advise the utilities company about the costs (negatives) and benefits associated with the use of fossil fuels in thermal power stations. a. List four costs of using fossil fuels in thermal power stations. b. List four benefits of using fossil fuels in thermal power stations.?


What does fossil fuels mean and use it in a sentence?

Fossil fuels are natural fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas that are formed from the remains of living organisms over millions of years. Sentence: The burning of fossil fuels for energy production is a major contributor to global warming.


How do organisms use fossil fuels?

1. Organisms don't use fossil fuels; they make them. After they decompose, they eventually turn into fossil fuels. (oil) (if this wasn't the answer, then here is another answer.) 2. If organism meant humans, then we use fossil fuels for lots of things. For example: Plastic Gas Oil to heat homes (et cetera) I hope this helps!! :)


How do we use fuels?

we use fossil fuels by cars because of the natural or people try to make a better earth by using less gas and by not paying to much money for gas