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Fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon deposit occurring within the Earth's crust, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas which when burned with oxygen produces energy. Fossil Fuels were formed as a result of geologic processes acting on the remains of plants and animals that lived and died hundreds of millions of years ago.

Sci-Tech Encyclopedia lists 5 main types of fossil fuels based on their caloric values and 4 subcategories for Coal.

  1. Natural gas
  2. Petroleum
  3. Heavy oil
  4. Tar-sand bitumen
  5. Coals:
  • Lignite
  • Subbituminous
  • Bituminous
  • Anthracite
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There are three main fossil fuels:

Coal, oil and natural gas.

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