fossil fuel
nounDefinition of fossil fuel
: a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
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Other Words from fossil fuel
fossil-fueled
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adjective
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adjective
Examples of fossil fuel in a Sentence
oil and other fossil fuels
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Some items, such as affirming the city’s intention to limit the use of fossil fuels, are straight-forward, Caleb said. — oregonlive.com, "Portland mayor’s office considers new regulations on fossil fuels," 28 Aug. 2019 Sanders pointed to solar panels he's installed on his Vermont home but admitted that refusing to fly on planes powered by fossil fuels wasn't realistic for his presidential campaign. — Kathleen Ronayne And Juana Summers, chicagotribune.com, "$16 trillion Bernie Sanders climate plan builds on the Green New Deal," 22 Aug. 2019 Here in my carbon: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, signed an executive order Friday intending to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in the state by 2050, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Patrick Marley reports. — cleveland.com, "Worrying economic signs in the heartland point to a recession: The Flyover," 19 Aug. 2019 Shell, along with other major oil and gas companies like Exxon, sees plastic as one avenue for growth as natural gas prices plummet—and, longer-term, as a way to weather the world’s slow rejection of fossil fuels as an energy source. — Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, "Virgin plastic pellets are the biggest pollution disaster you’ve never heard of," 19 Aug. 2019 Higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — a greenhouse gas put there mainly by the burning of fossil fuels — will also reduce food’s nutritional quality, even as rising temperatures cut crop yields and harm livestock. — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, "Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns," 8 Aug. 2019 Global warming, aka climate change, is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal, which release heat-trapping greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "July expected to be the Earth's hottest month on record," 24 July 2019 Fusion energy would eliminate the need for fossil fuels and solve the intermittency and reliability concerns inherent with renewable energy sources. — Nathanial Gronewold, Scientific American, "World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Experiment Clears Milestone," 24 July 2019 China, the world's largest car market, is working on a plan to ban the production and sale of vehicles powered only by fossil fuels. — Jack Guy, CNN, "EU requires carmakers to add fake engine noises to electric cars," 1 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fossil fuel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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