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Description: Fossil fuels definition: is a fuel formed by natural processes, such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, containing energy originating in ancient photosynthesis. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years, and sometimes exceeds 650 million years. Fossil fuels contain high percentages of carbon and include petroleum, coal, and natural gas. Other commonly used derivatives include kerosene, petrol fuel and propane. Fossil fuels range from volatile materials with low carbon to hydrogen ratios like methane, to liquids like petroleum, to nonvolatile materials composed of almost pure carbon, like anthracite coal. Methane can be found in hydrocarbon fields either alone, associated with oil, or in the form of methane clathrates. The study in petroleum engineering is one pursued worldwide in order to explore this industry. As of 2018, the world's main primary energy sources consisted of petroleum (34%), coal (27%), and natural gas (24%), amounting to an 85% share for fossil fuels in primary energy consumption in the world. Non-fossil sources included nuclear (4.4%), hydroelectric (6.8%), and other renewables (4.0%, including geothermal, solar, tidal, wind, wood, and waste). The share of renewables (including traditional biomass) in the world's total final energy consumption was 18% in 2018. Compared with 2017, world energy-consumption grew at a rate of 2.9%, almost double its 10-year average of 1.5% per year, and the fastest since 2010. Join the movement studentenergy.org Join 'Engineering World' like many others to get access to very special perks: youtube.com/channel/UCh2wZoBynUkHmTX2GOwAKKg/join Also, kindly consider subscribing to our channel if you liked the video: geni.us/SubscribeChannel Watch some of our other interesting videos: Are Wind Turbines really Environmentally Friendly? Link: youtu.be/MVHzfUWul2Y Which is the best seaplane ever made? Link: youtu.be/XNQ9hnJMiY8 Can SpaceX rockets really land from the space? Link: youtu.be/aH9JQ4Kash0