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human use of fossil fuel

By Trevon1
  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels

    wood is main energy source
  • acts

    acts

    EPA proposes first set of hazardous waste management standards
  • acts

    Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments enacted
  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels

    human fossil fuel use emitted 6.4 Petagrams of carbon per year
  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels

    fossil fuels accounted for almost 90 percent of the world's energy production
  • petroleum

    petroleum

    39 percent of energy used
  • natural gas

    natural gas

    24 percent of energy used
  • coal

    coal

    24 percent of energy used
  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels

    coal is the dominant fossil fuel
  • fossil fuel

    fossil fuel

    33.2 percent of electricity came from coal.
  • fossil fuels

    fossil fuels

    The United States has abundant deposits of natural gas and imports less than 4 percent of the total amount consumed annually chiefly from Canada
  • regulation

    regulation

    up to 80 percent of listed fossil-fuel reserves may be "unburnable."