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	[[File:Anthracite.jpg\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. A photo of Anthracite coal, which is a fossil fuel.<ref> C.E. Jones, ''Anthracite''. [Online]. Avaliable: http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/6MetamorphicRocks/Anthracite.html</ref>]]		[[File:Anthracite.jpg\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. A photo of Anthracite coal, which is a fossil fuel.<ref> C.E. Jones, ''Anthracite''. [Online]. Avaliable: http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/6MetamorphicRocks/Anthracite.html</ref>]]
	<onlyinclude>'''Fossil fuels''' are ~~a category of~~ [[fuel]]s ~~that are~~ made by geological processes acting on dead organisms~~, often~~ hundreds of millions of years ~~old<~~/~~onlyinclude> (For reference~~, ~~please see the <html><a href="http://www.chronozoom~~.~~com/#/t00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000@x=0.47608681409813525&y=-0.46219293593183747&w=0.004565216725180587&h=0.0035116894980660174" target="_blank">carboniferous period~~</~~a> </html~~> ~~and then click on 'prehistory' to get some perspective on how long ago this was).~~ Fossil fuels are not considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|renewable]] energy source because they cannot be reproduced at the rate ~~of which we~~ are ~~consuming them~~. ~~Whether or not they should be considered~~ a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|sustainable]] ~~energy source~~ is ~~a difficult question to answer. According David MacKay~~, the ~~Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department~~ of ~~Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2014, this answer is no if we follow the "business as usual"~~ fossil ~~fuel consumption rates. <ref> David JC MacKay~~, ~~''Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air'', UIT Cambridge Ltd, 2009~~. ~~</ref>~~		<onlyinclude>'''Fossil fuels''' are [[fuel]]s made by geological processes acting on ancient dead organisms. These dead organisms were buried hundreds of millions of years ago. The world gets roughly 5/6ths of its [[primary energy]] from fossil fuels, and this use leads to [[climate change]].</onlyinclude> Fossil fuels are not considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|renewable]] energy source because they cannot be reproduced at the rate they are consumed. However, the world has enough left to last for a long time, which misleads people to conclude fossil fuel use (especially natural gas) is [[renewable and sustainable energy\|sustainable]]. Unless [[carbon capture and storage]] technology is developed and deployed, the consequences of burning these fossil fuels will be disastrous, making their use unsustainable.
	Fossil fuels include: [[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]]; and can include [[peat]]. Chemically these fuels are mainly composed of [[carbon]] and [[hydrogen]] with some [[oxygen]], [[nitrogen]], [[sulfur]] and a host of other smaller elements.
	All of the energy in fossil fuels initially comes from the [[sun]], so fossil fuels are a long term store of [[solar power]]. These [[energy density\|dense]] supplies of [[energy]] provided 87 percent of global [[primary energy]] consumption in 2012. <ref> M. Gonzalez, M. Lucky. (2013). "Fossil Fuels Dominate Primary Energy Consumption," Worldwatch Institute [Online]. Available: http://www.worldwatch.org/fossil-fuels-dominate-primary-energy-consumption-1. [29 July 2015]. </ref> We use fossil fuels for everything from [[electricity generation\|generation]] of [[electricity]] to [[home heating]] to making [[transportation fuel]]s.		Fossil fuels include: [[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]]; and in some contexts can include [[peat]]. Chemically these fuels are mainly composed of [[carbon]] and [[hydrogen]] with some [[oxygen]], [[nitrogen]], [[sulfur]] and a host of other smaller elements.

	The ~~burning~~ of fossil fuels ~~results~~ in the ~~release~~ of carbon and hydrogen compounds that combine with oxygen from the [[atmosphere]] to form [[carbon dioxide]] and [[water vapour]] in a process called [[hydrocarbon combustion\|combustion]]. In addition to [[greenhouse gas]]ses, fossil fuels cause other [[pollution]] as well, including but not limited too [[NOx]], [[SOx]], [[particulate matter]] (PM), [[volatile organic compound]]s (VOCs), [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) and [[mercury]]. There have been tremendous improvements in the [[environmental impact]]s of fossil fuels with more stringent [[air pollution control devices\|pollution control]] measures being put in place in response to legislation. By far the biggest concern about using fossil fuels is the impact on the [[climate]]. The large amount of [[carbon dioxide]] released by burning fossil fuels is causing [[climate change\|changes]] to the Earth's climate. There are a number of other environmental concerns beyond the burning of these fuels especially during their excavation-habitat destruction, [[biodiversity]] loss, and water pollution - to name a few.		The vast majority of the biomass that turns into fossil fuels was photosynthetic. This implies that the energy in fossil fuels initially came from the [[sun]], so fossil fuels are a long term store of [[solar power]]. These [[energy density\|dense]] supplies of [[energy]] provided dominate global [[primary energy]] consumption.<ref> M. Gonzalez, M. Lucky. (2013). "Fossil Fuels Dominate Primary Energy Consumption," Worldwatch Institute [Online]. Available: http://www.worldwatch.org/fossil-fuels-dominate-primary-energy-consumption-1. [29 July 2015]. </ref> The world uses fossil fuels for everything from [[electricity generation\|generation]] of [[electricity]] to [[home heating]], to making [[transportation]] fuels (see [[transportation energy use]]).

			Burning fossil fuels releases carbon and hydrogen compounds that combine with oxygen from the [[atmosphere]] to form [[carbon dioxide]] and [[water vapour]] in a process called [[hydrocarbon combustion\|combustion]]. In addition to [[greenhouse gas]]ses, fossil fuels cause other [[pollution]] as well, including but not limited too: [[NOx]], [[SOx]], [[particulate matter]] (PM), [[volatile organic compound]]s (VOCs), [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) and [[mercury]]. There have been tremendous improvements in the [[environmental impact]]s of fossil fuels with more stringent [[air pollution control devices\|pollution control]] measures being put in place in response to legislation. By far the biggest concern about using fossil fuels is the impact on the [[climate]]. The large amount of [[carbon dioxide]] released by burning fossil fuels is causing [[climate change\|changes]] to the Earth's climate. There are a number of other environmental concerns beyond the burning of these fuels, especially during their excavation-habitat destruction, [[biodiversity]] loss, and water pollution - to name a few.

			==For Further Reading==
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			*[[Climate change]]
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	[[File:Anthracite.jpg\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. A photo of Anthracite coal, which is a fossil fuel.<ref> C.E. Jones, ''Anthracite''. [Online]. Avaliable: http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/6MetamorphicRocks/Anthracite.html</ref>]]		[[File:Anthracite.jpg\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. A photo of Anthracite coal, which is a fossil fuel.<ref> C.E. Jones, ''Anthracite''. [Online]. Avaliable: http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/6MetamorphicRocks/Anthracite.html</ref>]]
	<onlyinclude>'''Fossil fuels''' are a category of [[fuel]]s that are made by geological processes acting on dead organisms, often hundreds of millions of years old</onlyinclude> (For reference, please see the <html><a href="http://www.chronozoom.com/#/t00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000@x=0.47608681409813525&y=-0.46219293593183747&w=0.004565216725180587&h=0.0035116894980660174" target="_blank">carboniferous period</a> </html> and then click on 'prehistory' to get some perspective on how long ago this was). Fossil fuels are not considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|renewable]] energy source because they cannot be reproduced at the rate of which we are consuming them. Whether or not they should be considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|sustainable]] energy source is a difficult question to answer. According David MacKay, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2014, this answer is no if we follow the "business as usual" fossil fuel consumption rates. <ref> David JC MacKay, ''Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air'', UIT Cambridge Ltd, 2009. </ref>		<onlyinclude>'''Fossil fuels''' are a category of [[fuel]]s that are made by geological processes acting on dead organisms, often hundreds of millions of years old</onlyinclude> (For reference, please see the <html><a href="http://www.chronozoom.com/#/t00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000@x=0.47608681409813525&y=-0.46219293593183747&w=0.004565216725180587&h=0.0035116894980660174" target="_blank">carboniferous period</a> </html> and then click on 'prehistory' to get some perspective on how long ago this was). Fossil fuels are not considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|renewable]] energy source because they cannot be reproduced at the rate of which we are consuming them. Whether or not they should be considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|sustainable]] energy source is a difficult question to answer. According David MacKay, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2014, this answer is no if we follow the "business as usual" fossil fuel consumption rates. <ref> David JC MacKay, ''Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air'', UIT Cambridge Ltd, 2009. </ref>
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	All of the energy in fossil fuels initially comes from the [[sun]], so fossil fuels are a long term store of [[solar power]]. These [[energy density\|dense]] supplies of [[energy]] provided 87 percent of global [[primary energy]] consumption in 2012. <ref> M. Gonzalez, M. Lucky. (2013). "Fossil Fuels Dominate Primary Energy Consumption," Worldwatch Institute [Online]. Available: http://www.worldwatch.org/fossil-fuels-dominate-primary-energy-consumption-1. [29 July 2015]. </ref> We use fossil fuels for everything from [[electricity generation\|generation]] of [[electricity]] to [[home heating]] to making [[transportation fuel]]s.		All of the energy in fossil fuels initially comes from the [[sun]], so fossil fuels are a long term store of [[solar power]]. These [[energy density\|dense]] supplies of [[energy]] provided 87 percent of global [[primary energy]] consumption in 2012. <ref> M. Gonzalez, M. Lucky. (2013). "Fossil Fuels Dominate Primary Energy Consumption," Worldwatch Institute [Online]. Available: http://www.worldwatch.org/fossil-fuels-dominate-primary-energy-consumption-1. [29 July 2015]. </ref> We use fossil fuels for everything from [[electricity generation\|generation]] of [[electricity]] to [[home heating]] to making [[transportation fuel]]s.

	The burning of fossil fuels results in the release of carbon and hydrogen compounds that combine with oxygen from the atmosphere to form [[carbon dioxide]] and [[water vapour]] in a process called [[hydrocarbon combustion\|combustion]]. In addition to [[greenhouse gas]]ses, fossil fuels cause other [[pollution]] as well, including but not limited too [[NOx]], [[SOx]], [[particulate matter]] (PM), [[volatile organic compound]]s (VOCs), [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) and [[mercury]]. There have been tremendous improvements in the [[environmental impact]]s of fossil fuels with more stringent [[air pollution control devices\|pollution control]] measures being put in place in response to legislation. By far the biggest concern about using fossil fuels is the impact on the climate. The large amount of [[carbon dioxide]] released by burning fossil fuels is causing changes to the Earth's [[climate ~~change\|climate]]~~. There are a number of other environmental concerns beyond the burning of these fuels especially during their excavation-habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and water pollution-to name a few.		The burning of fossil fuels results in the release of carbon and hydrogen compounds that combine with oxygen from the [[atmosphere]] to form [[carbon dioxide]] and [[water vapour]] in a process called [[hydrocarbon combustion\|combustion]]. In addition to [[greenhouse gas]]ses, fossil fuels cause other [[pollution]] as well, including but not limited too [[NOx]], [[SOx]], [[particulate matter]] (PM), [[volatile organic compound]]s (VOCs), [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) and [[mercury]]. There have been tremendous improvements in the [[environmental impact]]s of fossil fuels with more stringent [[air pollution control devices\|pollution control]] measures being put in place in response to legislation. By far the biggest concern about using fossil fuels is the impact on the [[climate]]. The large amount of [[carbon dioxide]] released by burning fossil fuels is causing [[climate change\|changes]] to the Earth's climate. There are a number of other environmental concerns beyond the burning of these fuels especially during their excavation-habitat destruction, [[biodiversity]] loss, and water pollution - to name a few.


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	[[File:Anthracite.jpg\|framed\|right\|A photo of Anthracite coal, which is a fossil fuel.<ref> C.E. Jones, ''Anthracite''. [Online]. Avaliable: http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/6MetamorphicRocks/Anthracite.html</ref>]]		[[File:Anthracite.jpg\|framed\|right\|Figure 1. A photo of Anthracite coal, which is a fossil fuel.<ref> C.E. Jones, ''Anthracite''. [Online]. Avaliable: http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/6MetamorphicRocks/Anthracite.html</ref>]]
	<onlyinclude>'''Fossil fuels''' are a category of [[fuel]]s that are made by geological processes acting on dead organisms, often hundreds of millions of years old</onlyinclude> (For reference, please see the <html><a href="http://www.chronozoom.com/#/t00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000@x=0.47608681409813525&y=-0.46219293593183747&w=0.004565216725180587&h=0.0035116894980660174" target="_blank">carboniferous period</a> </html> and then click on 'prehistory' to get some perspective on how long ago this was). Fossil fuels are not considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|renewable]] energy source because they cannot be reproduced at the rate of which we are consuming them. Whether or not they should be considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|sustainable]] energy source is a difficult question to answer. According David MacKay, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2014, this answer is no if we follow the "business as usual" fossil fuel consumption rates. <ref> David JC MacKay, ''Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air'', UIT Cambridge Ltd, 2009. </ref>		<onlyinclude>'''Fossil fuels''' are a category of [[fuel]]s that are made by geological processes acting on dead organisms, often hundreds of millions of years old</onlyinclude> (For reference, please see the <html><a href="http://www.chronozoom.com/#/t00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000@x=0.47608681409813525&y=-0.46219293593183747&w=0.004565216725180587&h=0.0035116894980660174" target="_blank">carboniferous period</a> </html> and then click on 'prehistory' to get some perspective on how long ago this was). Fossil fuels are not considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|renewable]] energy source because they cannot be reproduced at the rate of which we are consuming them. Whether or not they should be considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy\|sustainable]] energy source is a difficult question to answer. According David MacKay, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2014, this answer is no if we follow the "business as usual" fossil fuel consumption rates. <ref> David JC MacKay, ''Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air'', UIT Cambridge Ltd, 2009. </ref>
	Fossil fuels include: [[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]]; and can include [[peat]]. Chemically these fuels are mainly composed of [[carbon]] and [[hydrogen]] with some [[oxygen]], [[nitrogen]], [[sulfur]] and a host of other smaller elements.		Fossil fuels include: [[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]]; and can include [[peat]]. Chemically these fuels are mainly composed of [[carbon]] and [[hydrogen]] with some [[oxygen]], [[nitrogen]], [[sulfur]] and a host of other smaller elements.
	All of the energy in fossil fuels initially comes from the [[sun]], so fossil fuels are a long term store of [[solar power]]. These [[energy density\|dense]] supplies of [[energy]] provided 87 percent of global [[primary energy]] consumption in 2012. <ref> M. Gonzalez, M. Lucky. (2013). "Fossil Fuels Dominate Primary Energy Consumption," Worldwatch Institute [Online]. Available: http://www.worldwatch.org/fossil-fuels-dominate-primary-energy-consumption-1. [29 July 2015]. </ref> We use fossil fuels for everything from [[electricity generation\|generation]] of [[electricity]] to [[home heating]] to making [[transportation fuel]]s.		All of the energy in fossil fuels initially comes from the [[sun]], so fossil fuels are a long term store of [[solar power]]. These [[energy density\|dense]] supplies of [[energy]] provided 87 percent of global [[primary energy]] consumption in 2012. <ref> M. Gonzalez, M. Lucky. (2013). "Fossil Fuels Dominate Primary Energy Consumption," Worldwatch Institute [Online]. Available: http://www.worldwatch.org/fossil-fuels-dominate-primary-energy-consumption-1. [29 July 2015]. </ref> We use fossil fuels for everything from [[electricity generation\|generation]] of [[electricity]] to [[home heating]] to making [[transportation fuel]]s.

	The burning of fossil fuels results in the release of carbon and hydrogen compounds that combine with oxygen from the atmosphere to form [[carbon dioxide]] and [[water vapour]] in a process called [[hydrocarbon combustion\|combustion]]. In addition to [[greenhouse gas]]ses, fossil fuels cause other [[pollution]] as well, including but not limited too [[NOx]], [[SOx]], [[particulate matter]] (PM), [[volatile organic compound]]s (VOCs), [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) and [[mercury]]. There have been tremendous improvements in the [[environmental impact]]s of fossil fuels with more stringent [[pollution control]] measures being put in place in response to legislation. By far the biggest concern about using fossil fuels is the impact on the climate. The large amount of [[carbon dioxide]] released by burning fossil fuels is causing changes to the Earth's [[climate change\|climate]]. There are a number of other environmental concerns beyond the burning of these fuels especially during their excavation-habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and water pollution-to name a few.		The burning of fossil fuels results in the release of carbon and hydrogen compounds that combine with oxygen from the atmosphere to form [[carbon dioxide]] and [[water vapour]] in a process called [[hydrocarbon combustion\|combustion]]. In addition to [[greenhouse gas]]ses, fossil fuels cause other [[pollution]] as well, including but not limited too [[NOx]], [[SOx]], [[particulate matter]] (PM), [[volatile organic compound]]s (VOCs), [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) and [[mercury]]. There have been tremendous improvements in the [[environmental impact]]s of fossil fuels with more stringent [[air pollution control devices\|pollution control]] measures being put in place in response to legislation. By far the biggest concern about using fossil fuels is the impact on the climate. The large amount of [[carbon dioxide]] released by burning fossil fuels is causing changes to the Earth's [[climate change\|climate]]. There are a number of other environmental concerns beyond the burning of these fuels especially during their excavation-habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and water pollution-to name a few.

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[[File:Anthracite.jpg|framed|right|A photo of Anthracite coal, which is a fossil fuel.<ref> C.E. Jones, ''Anthracite''. [Online]. Avaliable: http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/6MetamorphicRocks/Anthracite.html</ref>]]
<onlyinclude>'''Fossil fuels''' are a category of [[fuel]]s that are made by geological processes acting on dead organisms, often hundreds of millions of years old</onlyinclude> (For reference, please see the <html><a href="http://www.chronozoom.com/#/t00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000@x=0.47608681409813525&y=-0.46219293593183747&w=0.004565216725180587&h=0.0035116894980660174" target="_blank">carboniferous period</a> </html> and then click on 'prehistory' to get some perspective on how long ago this was). Fossil fuels are not considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy|renewable]] energy source because they cannot be reproduced at the rate of which we are consuming them. Whether or not they should be considered a [[renewable and sustainable energy|sustainable]] energy source is a difficult question to answer. According David MacKay, the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change from 2009 to 2014, this answer is no if we follow the "business as usual" fossil fuel consumption rates. <ref> David JC MacKay, ''Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air'', UIT Cambridge Ltd, 2009. </ref>
Fossil fuels include: [[coal]], [[oil]], and [[natural gas]]; and can include [[peat]]. Chemically these fuels are mainly composed of [[carbon]] and [[hydrogen]] with some [[oxygen]], [[nitrogen]], [[sulfur]] and a host of other smaller elements.
All of the energy in fossil fuels initially comes from the [[sun]], so fossil fuels are a long term store of [[solar power]]. These [[energy density|dense]] supplies of [[energy]] provided 87 percent of global [[primary energy]] consumption in 2012. <ref> M. Gonzalez, M. Lucky. (2013). "Fossil Fuels Dominate Primary Energy Consumption," Worldwatch Institute [Online]. Available: http://www.worldwatch.org/fossil-fuels-dominate-primary-energy-consumption-1. [29 July 2015]. </ref> We use fossil fuels for everything from [[electricity generation|generation]] of [[electricity]] to [[home heating]] to making [[transportation fuel]]s.

The burning of fossil fuels results in the release of carbon and hydrogen compounds that combine with oxygen from the atmosphere to form [[carbon dioxide]] and [[water vapour]] in a process called [[hydrocarbon combustion|combustion]]. In addition to [[greenhouse gas]]ses, fossil fuels cause other [[pollution]] as well, including but not limited too [[NOx]], [[SOx]], [[particulate matter]] (PM), [[volatile organic compound]]s (VOCs), [[carbon monoxide]] (CO) and [[mercury]]. There have been tremendous improvements in the [[environmental impact]]s of fossil fuels with more stringent [[pollution control]] measures being put in place in response to legislation. By far the biggest concern about using fossil fuels is the impact on the climate. The large amount of [[carbon dioxide]] released by burning fossil fuels is causing changes to the Earth's [[climate change|climate]]. There are a number of other environmental concerns beyond the burning of these fuels especially during their excavation-habitat destruction, biodiversity loss, and water pollution-to name a few.

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