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Chapter 14: Fossil Fuel - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 14: Fossil Fuel
Fuel and Electricity
Prevent blackouts/brownouts by using smart grids, smart appliances, and smart buildings
Fossil Fuel: Coal
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Environmental cost: global climate change, air pollution, coal refuse and combustion
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Fossil Fuel: Natural Gas
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Increased use for heat generation for industrial and residential use, synthetic oil.
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Fossil Fuel: Oil
Petroleum Oil is liquid, viscous mixture of combustible hydrocarbons such as gasoline, kerosene, diesel, etc.
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Oil Shale: mostly underdeveloped until oil prices rise greatly, kerogen.
Oil Sands: commercial development has begun, bitumen, extensive environmental damage
Recovery methods: primary, secondary, and enhanced
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