What is a "fossil fuel"?

What is a "fossil fuel"?

Terry Tamminen (Author & Environmental Policy Advisor) gives expert video advice on: What is a "fossil fuel"?; How does our use of fossil fuels cause global warming?; What are "carbon emissions"? and more...

Fossil fuels are typically coal and oil, things that have been laid down over centuries from organic material into the earth and are now extracted for energy purposes. Fossil fules can also include things like natural gas or methane, which is a light fraction of gas that comes off of oil or other deposits like this. Things like methane also come from decomposing materials such as sewage or the materials that are decomposing in landfills.