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by Razaan Abakar | 20-07-2017 12:29
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A fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years. Fossil fuels contain high percentages of carbon and include petroleum, coal, and natural gas. The world has been consuming fossil fuels at an accelerating rate since the beginning of the industrial age, and there is growing evidence that the production of all fossil fuels may peak within the lifetime of the children being born today. Globally - every year we currently consume the equivalent of over 11 billion tons of oil in fossil fuels. Crude oil reserves are vanishing at the rate of 4 billion tons a year1 – if we carry on at this rate without any increase for our growing population or aspirations, our known oil deposits will be gone by 2052. Some new reserves will be found which will help extend this deadline slightly, but these can?t last forever. New reserves of fossil fuels are becoming harder to find, and those that are being discovered are significantly smaller than the ones that have been found in the past. Renewables offer us another way, a way to avoid this (fossil fuelled) energy time bomb, but we must we start now. As the Saudi Oil Minister said in the 1970s, ?The Stone Age didn?t end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil. |
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thanks for sharing
Posted 06-02-2018 21:04
good report
Posted 06-02-2018 21:04
@daon, thank you. ^_^
Posted 01-08-2017 00:20
Hi Razzan! Thanks for your alarming report on fossile fuel depletion. Among many resources in danger of depletion, fossile fuel is the one to come first. Every countries should work together to find a way to find alternative and cut their uses!
Posted 31-07-2017 17:43
@Cheonghan, and I believe a great innovation will blowing up soon. Thanks for your words. ^_^
Posted 25-07-2017 07:49
Razaan, thank you for your report. This was a good introduction to fossil fuel. There is a good point saying that finding new reserves would not be a solution. That is why we need some kind of breakthrough solutions. I believe you could write about any great solutions experts are working on nowadays.
Posted 25-07-2017 01:12
@Prayash, @Arushi, @Aaditya, the all of you are extremely right, Proper and healthy use of fossil fuel so as not to depletion or harm the environment must be taken into account, thank you. ^_^
Posted 21-07-2017 03:04
You are right Razaan. We need to use our fossil fuel resources judiciously while incorporating a smooth transition to renewable energy. Fossil fuels are not called 'Gold' (Coal- Black Gold, Petroleum-Liquid Gold) for no reason. We need to treat and preserve them as precious resources.
Posted 20-07-2017 22:53
Fossil fuels are not only depleting but also are harming the environment so it's high time that the world expedites the transition to renewable energy which is both driving and shaping the clean global economy of the future. But it's equally essential to close the consumption loop to create a truly circular economy in which there is no longer any such thing as 'waste'. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 20-07-2017 21:23
Well said Razaan fossil fuel will never be an alternative to us. They are non-renewable sources and can never be the solution to our future need. So a green alternative to this must be found.
Posted 20-07-2017 13:28