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fossil

[fos-uhl] / ˈfɒs əl /


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Australia remains heavily dependent on its fossil fuel economy for growth despite heavy investment in the renewable sector.

From Barron's

Renewable energy has destroyed the global monopoly of fossil fuels: Renewables now account for a big and growing share of global energy production.

From MarketWatch

Current levels of fossil fuel and mineral use can’t be sustained indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal

Within a few hundred thousand years of this dramatic increase, the earliest known microfossils of eukaryotes appear in the fossil record.

From Science Daily

EQT Chief Executive Toby Rice says he has an “all of the above” approach to funding energy infrastructure in poor countries—meaning both fossil fuels and renewables.

From The Wall Street Journal