It comes from sunlight originally, since plants formed the original organic molecules.
When dead plants and animals were buried, compressed, and heated, their products (coal, oil, gas) retained the chemical energy stored in their molecules millions of years earlier.
Potential
it is stored as something called prototype energy which is energy, a little more abundant than fossil fuels. +++ "prototype energy" doesn't exist. The energy stored in any fossil fuel, or in materials like wood, is potential chemical energy,
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
Chemical energy from organic matter is stored in fossil fuels. When burned, this energy is released in the form of heat, which is converted into kinetic energy to produce electricity or power engines, for example.
Fossil fuel. Also, natural gas is in the category of fossil fuels.
Not fission. The sun's energy is produced by nuclear fusion, and that energy produced all the vegetation which turned into fossil fuel.
Potential
Potential
Fossil fuel. Also, natural gas is in the category of fossil fuels.
it is stored as something called prototype energy which is energy, a little more abundant than fossil fuels. +++ "prototype energy" doesn't exist. The energy stored in any fossil fuel, or in materials like wood, is potential chemical energy,
Burning the stored energy of fossil fuel
Potential
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
Potential energy, which is stored as chemical bonds in the hydrocarbon molecules.
Chemical energy is the type of energy stored in fossil fuels due to the bonds between atoms within the fuel molecules. This energy is released when the fuel is burned or combusted, converting chemical energy into heat energy that can be used for various applications.
Potential
Chemical energy from organic matter is stored in fossil fuels. When burned, this energy is released in the form of heat, which is converted into kinetic energy to produce electricity or power engines, for example.