How to Use fossil fuel in a Sentence

fossil fuel

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  • Coal produces more greenhouses gases per kilo than any other fossil fuel.
    — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Nuclear plants can be located near existing fossil fuel plants to reduce the time and expense of new transmission lines.
    — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • That’s all the energy from solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal, fossil fuels and other sources.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Much of the water is derived from desalination, a fossil fuel-intensive process that damages marine ecosystems.
    — Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Our green-energy-minded federal government doesn't like fossil fuel.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Whether employees are manufacturing steel tubes or defending fossil fuel companies, the fact of their diligence deserves praise.
    — Charlie Tyson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • That is why the world's leading climate experts say that the best way to reduce the impacts of climate change is to end the reliance on fossil fuels and transition to cleaner and renewable energy.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2024
  • To Inskeep, the recent outages raise serious questions about the professed reliability of fossil fuel plants.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Texas has put the firm on a blacklist, barring it from managing its pensions and other public funds, claiming that BlackRock is biased against fossil fuel companies.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Burn biomass or waste to heat the kiln instead of fossil fuel.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Nobody said the switch away from fossil fuels would be easy.
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The world has to stop using fossil fuels, and yet, for a petrostate, letting go isn’t easy.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Across the Global South, fossil fuel use would drop by a quarter.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Too many of them fear the fundraising power of the fossil fuel industry to rail against them.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Dec. 2022
  • But the distillery is still run on fossil fuels — and the treated wastewater isn’t drinkable.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The chemist is shocked to learn that people of the future are concerned about the amount of fossil fuels used in plastic production.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • At Dubai, nearly 200 nations agreed for the first time to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Extreme heat is made much more likely by the climate crisis, the chief driver of which is the burning of fossil fuels.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • Grounded is the first company out of the gate with a vehicle that does not rely on fossil fuels.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • And a disproportionate amount of the CO2 contains the kind of carbon found in fossil fuels.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But there are always trade-offs, in this case reduced demand for fossil fuels.
    — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Beck isn’t averse to helping dirty industries, like fossil fuels, clean up their act.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • All are now struggling to map out a future without fossil fuels.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The poisonous gas comes from the burning of fossil fuels, with traffic one of the biggest contributors.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • These fish live along coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island, which cuts down on shipping costs and reduces the amount of fossil fuels used to bring fish from the water to the dinner plate.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And lawsuits trying to make fossil fuel companies pay for the costs of their climate damage could shift the thinking at firms like Exxon.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 28 May 2024
  • Clean fossil fuel is the best answer to Texas’s electricity needs.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • That requires a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy over the next few decades.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
  • It’s not just fossil fuel companies looking out for the bottom line...
    — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The electrolyzer is plugged into the power grid, and fossil fuels still make up about 60 percent of the US electricity mix.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 28 Dec. 2023

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