FOSSIL FUELS
A NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO
HUMAN SURVIVAL
By Harrison 8-7, Vincent 8-7, Jamie 8-12
Control oil and you control nations; control
food and you control the people.
-- Former US Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
But
What
Are
Fossil Fuels?
WHAT ARE FOSSIL FUELS? 🤔🤔
Non Renewable Resources that form
when prehistoric animals/plants die
Different types are formed over
million of years
Various Combinations of
Organic Matter
WHAT ARE THE TYPES? HOW DO THEY FORM? 👋
Coal
Chemical change + Physical change = plants/animal continue to decay  Coal
WHAT ARE THE TYPES? HOW DO THEY FORM? 👋
Oil&Gas
Decay of microscopic plants and animals that lived in the ocean millions of years
ago
WHAT ARE THE TYPES? HOW DO THEY FORM? 👋
Peet
Young form of coal. Poor drainage along with continual growth of vegetation, high
levels of rainfall and a low levels of oxygen lead to the formation of peatlands.
HOW ARE THEY USED TODAY? 🛢️
CH4 + 2O2 → CO2 + 2H2O
ENERGY CONVERSION OF FOSSIL FUELS 🌍
Chemical Energy
Heat Energy
Kinetic Energy
Electric Energy
WHY ARE WE STILL USING FOSSIL FUELS? 🤔🤔
Efficiency
Energy dense, Valuable Energy
Increasing Availability
Convenience
Easy to Access, convenient
natural process of formation
Logistics
Well-established over the past
two centuries, changed
modern concepts
Advantages
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
1 Cheap Energy Source 💡
Statistically, fossil fuels are
some of the cheapest sources
of fuel on the planet
Extract fossil fuels with
high degree of efficiency
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
2 Safe to Transport ✈️
Large Trucks and Large Pipes
effective over long distances
Comparatively stable to
nuclear energy
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
3 Massive Economic Benefits
🏦
Economic Prosperity among major
gas and oil producing economies
Increasing Reliance,
permeated daily life
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
4 Mostly Stable
Highly stable for the carbon
and hydrogen molecules it
contain
Easy to Store, Safer
to Transfer in
comparison
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
5 High Calorific Value
High amount of energy in the
fuel, combustion is efficient
More Dominant than
renewable resources
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
6 Abundant for Now
Satisfy World Need
Greater Availability
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
7 Useful by product
Byproducts of Fossil Fuels
Very useful and
effective
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
8 Reliability
Used since the Industrial
Revolution
Constant supply
without interference
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
9 Creates Job Occupations
Numerous Jobs in Finance,
Administration, and
Construction
Solid Source of
Employment
ADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👍
10 Easily Set Up
Construction can take place
anywhere with resources
Produce abundant
amount of energy at
one location
Disadvantage
s
DISADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS 👎
Finite
Resource
Cheap because
Of subsides
Acidic
Environment
Not sustainable
Public Health
Issues
Damage
Environment
through
human errors
Dangerous
to Harvest
FINITE RESOURCE 🛢️
Millions of Years for
Fossilization to
Happen!
Not replaceable,
Extremely Limited
Solution: Explore Other Types of Energy Resources!
CHEAP BECAUSE OF SUBSIDIARIES 💰
Government
Funds,
Cheaper Price
More Reliance,
Less Innovation
Solution: Reduce Subsidiaries funds, explore other energy
sources
ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT
Combustion without
Condensation
= Acidic Environment
🌳
Change ecosystem,
alter growth, drought
and famine
Solution: Increasing Safety measures, replacing
more with renewable energies
DAMAGE THROUGH HUMAN ERRORS
Oil Leak, Resource
Spilling, manmade errors
⚠️
Deep Water Horizon
Oil Spill in 2010
Solution: Regular Checkups, Safety Establishments
NOT SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY 🔬
Only raw material,
Lack technology
support
Harder to contain,
less efficient/safe
Solution: Replace with renewables, ensure
technological adaptions follow in accordance to
process of development
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES/CONCERNS ❤️
Asthma, Cancer,
Premature failures
Decrease in life
quality
Solution: Improvisations on Safety Policies,
Enhance renewable energy usage and decrease nonrenewable sources reliance
DANGEROUS TO HARVEST 👷
Dirty working
environment
Harmful Chemicals,
Diseases, Respiratory
syndromes
Solution: Improve drilling/harvesting devices,
improve the working environment for such workers,
recognize the need for immediate policy
enforcements
:D