Fossil+Fuels

=Fossil Fuels:=

http://www.energy.gov/energysources/fossilfuels.htm
 * __Posted by:__Sarah on 2-5-08**
 * provides eighty five percent of energy for the world
 * provides almost two thirds of electricity
 * provides almost all transportation fuels

__Posted by:__Sarah on 2-1-08
__The forming of Fossil Fuels__ Coal: Oil and Natural Gas: __Obtaining Fossil Fuels__ This information came from __Technology in Action__ by Phillis Engelbert
 * coal formed from plant remains from millions of years ago
 * plants die, turn into peat, are buried under sediment, compressed into lignite
 * subbituminous coal, bituminous coal, and anthracite are the three types
 * mostly carbon
 * oil and natural gas come from single-celled plants' and animals' remains (from the sea)
 * buried under mud and rock
 * subjected to great pressure and high temperatures-forms over time
 * some seeps up to surface some trapped beneath
 * coal - underground or surface mining
 * oil and natural gas - drilling rigs
 * twenty percent of oil comes from beneath the sea
 * oil from reservoir is then distilled