fossil fuel
Noun
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Noun
fossil fuel (plural fossil fuels)
- Any fuel derived from hydrocarbon deposits such as coal, petroleum, natural gas and, to some extent, peat; these fuels are non-renewable, and their burning moves carbon from underground into the atmosphere via the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
- Coordinate term: renewable
- French: énergie fossile, combustible fossile
- German: fossiler Brennstoff
- Italian: combustibile fossile
- Russian: ископаемое топливо
- Spanish: combustible fósil
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