Fossil fuels have been used for years as a source of energy. Even though there are many negative issues associated with the use of fossil fuels, they continue tobeused to a great extent. This is most likely because

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Alonso Goodwin

4 November, 03:10

Fossil fuels have been used for years as a source of energy. Even though there are many negative issues associated with the use of fossil fuels, they continue tobeused to a great extent. This is most likely because

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Stanley Aguirre · Answer 1

These fuels are very efficient, it means that fossil fuel sources (oil, natural gas and coal) have high energy conversion rates, thereby they enable to generate important amounts of energy.

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It has been shown that the overall efficiency of the conversion of fossil fuels to electricity is approximately 40%, while 60% of the energy produced is wasted during the process of combustion. However, it is important to note that the efficiency of renewable energies (i. e., geothermal, solar, hydroelectricity, wind and biomass) have been considerably increased in the last years.