Energy&People




 * ||  **Energy&People ** People need energy to survive. Our way of life depends on energy. We use electricity to heat, to cool, to cook, to clean. We take it for granted that when we want a hot shower all we have to do is turn a tap. If we want light we flick a switch. Energy is a necessity.   Some of the highest used sources of energy are FOSSIL FULES. More than 85% of all primary energy on earth comes from [|fossil fuels] . In the modern world, fossil fuels power nearly everything. Coal and natural gas power plants generate massive amounts of electricity, distributed through countries by national power grids.  Gasoline and diesel are used as the primary energy sources for cars and trucks. Ships, planes, rockets, motorcycles, and virtually everything else that moves uses some form of fossil fuel. Fossil fuels do not last forever and eventually will run out,and will if we keep using such high amounts. It is estimated that some 21.3 billion tons of carbon  dioxide are generated by fossil fuels each year, with only about half of that absorbed by natural processes. This is BAD news for the environment and causing a huge amount of problems.    || [[image:How_we_use_energy.gif]] ||
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