Fossil+Fuels

​​ = = =​The FOSSIL FUELS page needs to include but is not limited to the information below:= = = =Cited Sources= Google [] [] [] []
 * ​BY: A LEXIS A., CATHERINE R., HEIDI B. **
 * 1) Describe this alternative resource.
 * 2) Describe the process used to transform this energy into electrical energy.
 * 3) Describe the advantages of using this resource instead of burning fossil fuels.
 * 4) Describe the disadvantages of using this resource.
 * 5) Describe how this energy relates to your everyday life.
 * 6) Include pictures, maps, or diagrams relating to the use of this resource.

__ ​ The advantages of using fossil fuels: __
**__The disadvantages of using fossil fuels:__**
 * Inexpessive
 * Easily distributed
 * Depending on fuel, good availability
 * Possible contributer to global warming
 * Cause of acid rain
 * Price increasing for oil
 * Smog

This graph shows how much fossil fuels some countries used in 2004:

Fossil fuels have been relied on by most of the Earth's population. These resources, however, are non-renewable, and their supplies are being used at very rapid pace as they are being consumed by the Earth's population.

. Types of fossil fuels are: petroleum, coal, natural gas, crude oil, oil, and propane. Uses for some of these have not been discovered yet. Fossil fuels are the primary source of electricity energy in the world. For a very long time, plants and animals have been under the pressure and heat from being under the Earth which after millions of years form fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are pumped up from the ground as shown in this picture:   This energy relates to our everyday lives because fossil fuels are humanity's most important source of energy. There are three major fuels -- coal, oil and natural gas. Coal is used primarily to produce electricity. It therefore provides us with light, electric motors, heating, cooling, cooking, communication, farming, industry and healthcare. Oil gives us our mobility, our cars, planes, trains, trucks and boats. Natural gas is used primarily to produce heat, for our buildings, hot water, and industrial processes.
 * Fossil fuels relating to our everyday lives **

Fossil fuels provide 66% of the worlds energy. The other 34% is provided by wind, solar heat, nuclear and hydro. The United States produces 17 million barrels of oil every day. Petroleum accounts for nearly 40% of our countrys energy. The United States is home to 5% of the worlds population, yet consumes 26% of the worlds energy.

90% of the energy we use in this country comes from fossil fuels. Using fossil fuels can cause such things as smog, acid rain, and contributes to global warming. Furthermore, the world's supply of fossil is not limitless. If we remain relying on these sources for our energy, they are going to become harder and harder to get.

Chaniging fossil fuels into electricity is taking to the heat from the fossil fuels and putting it into an electricity generator and then you have electricity.

//Some scientist say oil isn't a fossil fuel// //that it is not the remains of prehistoric organisms after all. They claim it was made by some non-biological process.//



= = =Energy Facts=


 * Order from highest energy usage to least.**


 * U.S., Australia, Turkey, Italy**

3,892,000,000,000/17,154,402,852,000 || .22689 || 23% ||
 * || **Fraction** || ** Decimal ** || ** Percent ** ||
 * ** United States ** ||
 * ** Italy ** || 316,300,000,000/17,154,402,852,000 || .0184 || 1% ||
 * Turkey || 141,500,000,000/17,154,402,852,000 || .0082 || 82% ||
 * ** Australia ** || 220,000,000,000/17,154,402,852,000 || .0013 || .13% ||

U.S. || **Population** 307,212,123 || **Energy Use Per Person** 12,669 kWh per person ||
 * **Country**
 * Italy || 58,126,212 || 5,442 kWh per person ||
 * Turkey || 76,805,524 || 1,842 kWh per person ||
 * Australia || 21,262,641 || 10,347 kWh per person ||