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Fossil Fuels - Coal, Oil and Natural Gas

There are three major forms of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. All three were formed many hundreds millions of years ago before the time of the dinosaurs - hence the name fossil fuels.

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Fossil Fuels - Coal, Oil and Natural Gas

A quick introduction to fossil fuels.

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Alternative Fuel Vehicle

Describes alternative fuels as vehicle fuels that aren't made from petroleum. There are many kinds of fuels that vehicles can run on that aren't made from petroleum and the United States Department ...

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Renewable Energy vs. Fossil Fuels

Hear both sides of the energy debate.

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http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter17.html

How power plants work

Great Flash animations explaining how hydro, nuclear and fossil fuel plants operate.

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http://www.southerncompany.com/learningpower/howplants.aspx

Powering the World

Articles on fossil fuels, hydroelectric, wind, solar and nuclear power. Each is followed by an online multiple choice test. There is some worthwhile material in this site and it would be especially ...

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http://library.thinkquest.org/17531/home.html

Energy Hotlist

Links to a wide range of sites all about energy from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy Sources.

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http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/energy.html

How Fuel Gauges Work

A brief description of how Fuel Gauges measure the level of fuel in your car's tank. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.

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Energy Matters

A series of articles on Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Relativity, Work, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear, Hydroelectric, Biomass, Wind and Geothermal power. The site uses text and colour illustrations and ...

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Fuel Cell

Detailed technical description and diagram of a hydrogen fuel cell. Part of a larger site which includes many definitions and links.

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