How to Use fossil fuel in a Sentence

fossil fuel

noun
Definition of fossil fuelnext
  • Burn biomass or waste to heat the kiln instead of fossil fuel.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Nobody said the switch away from fossil fuels would be easy.
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The world has to stop using fossil fuels, and yet, for a petrostate, letting go isn’t easy.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Across the Global South, fossil fuel use would drop by a quarter.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Too many of them fear the fundraising power of the fossil fuel industry to rail against them.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Dec. 2022
  • But the distillery is still run on fossil fuels — and the treated wastewater isn’t drinkable.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The chemist is shocked to learn that people of the future are concerned about the amount of fossil fuels used in plastic production.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • So do pesticides, many of which are fossil fuel-based, like mine.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • At Dubai, nearly 200 nations agreed for the first time to move away from planet-warming fossil fuels.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Extreme heat is made much more likely by the climate crisis, the chief driver of which is the burning of fossil fuels.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 July 2024
  • Grounded is the first company out of the gate with a vehicle that does not rely on fossil fuels.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • And a disproportionate amount of the CO2 contains the kind of carbon found in fossil fuels.
    — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But there are always trade-offs, in this case reduced demand for fossil fuels.
    — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Solar plants use only 1 to 2% of the water that fossil fuel plants consume.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Beck isn’t averse to helping dirty industries, like fossil fuels, clean up their act.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • All are now struggling to map out a future without fossil fuels.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The poisonous gas comes from the burning of fossil fuels, with traffic one of the biggest contributors.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • These fish live along coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island, which cuts down on shipping costs and reduces the amount of fossil fuels used to bring fish from the water to the dinner plate.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
  • And lawsuits trying to make fossil fuel companies pay for the costs of their climate damage could shift the thinking at firms like Exxon.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 28 May 2024
  • Clean fossil fuel is the best answer to Texas’s electricity needs.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • On the sidelines of that conference, a group of more than 20 countries pledged to stop public investments in overseas fossil fuel projects by the end of this year.
    — Sarah Kaplan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Some praised the step and said construction of fossil fuel-free houses is already happening in the city with great success.
    — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
  • That requires a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy over the next few decades.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
  • It’s not just fossil fuel companies looking out for the bottom line...
    — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The electrolyzer is plugged into the power grid, and fossil fuels still make up about 60 percent of the US electricity mix.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 28 Dec. 2023
  • For example, there shouldn't be a push to ban fossil fuels as a source of energy in America.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • The fossil fuel economy will erode on the shores of a market properly incentivized to go green.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The commission also wants to skim the profits of fossil fuel companies that aren’t covered by the revenue cap.
    — Kim MacKrael, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Many of these particles with cooling properties are generated in the process of burning fossil fuels.
    — Annalisa Bracco, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The goal of the levy would be to bring fossil fuels and zero-emissions fuels closer to price parity, incentivizing the use of zero-emissions tools and bringing the shipping industry closer to its net-zero goals for 2050.
    — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 9 Jan. 2025

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