The problem of the overuse of the fossil fuel to produce electricity

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10.2991/icamcs-16.2016.161How to use a DOI?

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fossil fuel,electricity

Abstract

As society and the technology develop, most of the power to be used might be electricity. An unavoidable reality is that fossil fuels such as coals are deeply embedded in our energy system. Take China as an example; about half of China’s coal gives 80% of the country’s electricity supply (Heinberg, 2010). In recent times, this kind of power has mostly come from the fossil fuels which are formed from prehistoric plants and animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. Soon, there might be no more fossil fuels if they are used without limit and human could not find new resources to use instead of fossil fuel.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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