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fossil energy

noun

  1. heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Joachim Peter Tilsted points out that "oil and gas companies have no interest in reducing their fossil fuel profits. Subsidies alone won't suffice. Without concurrent efforts to phase out fossil fuels, expand renewable energy sources like wind and solar, and ensure climate-literate use of green hydrogen, power-to-x risks becoming another layer on the fossil energy system. Besides not ensuring a genuinely green transition, a subsidy-only approach would lead to a limited number of private actors reaping any rewards."

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Trying to improve the efficiency of solar cells to become independent from fossil energy sources is a major goal of solar cell research.

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In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should not host the talks if they don’t support the phase out of fossil energy.

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Accounting for the fossil energy used to grow and harvest that food, as well as the greenhouse gases released when it rots in fields or landfills, this waste equates to 18 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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The findings from Ho's research can be used to inform and guide large field-scale tests of underground hydrogen storage, said Conley, the manager for Sandia's portion of the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management's Subsurface Hydrogen Assessment, Storage, and Technology Acceleration project.

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