The Future Of Ou Fossil Fuels And The Future

The Earth has been around for a very, very long time, scientist estimate it to be some 4.6 billion years old. It has changed drastically over these billions of years and has had a couple of extinctions and ice ages. Some of our oldest civilizations, like ancient China, are dwarfed by the sheer length of our planet’s existence. One of the oldest fossils of our species was Yuanmou, who lived about 1.7 million years ago in ancient China. Through some simple arithmetic, we can see even this number hardly comes close to the age of the Earth, a meaningless .034% of Earth’s existence. Therefore, it seems highly unlikely that anything we do in our lifetime could have a significant impact or lasting effect on our planet Earth. Like many great stories, however, signs of foreshadowing are subtle and the main character seems to overlook or down play their significance. It’s imperative that we all consider the negative effects fossil fuels are having on our planet and ourselves because if we allow our countries to continue releasing record breaking levels of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere we could be condemning the future of

Fossil fuel is a general term for buried combustible geologic deposits of organic materials, formed from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal, and natural gas by exposure to heat and pressure in the earth 's crust over hundreds of millions of years. One form of fossil fuel that was created during this period was coal. Earth’s surface back then was covered mostly by swampland and foliage. When these plants died, they would sink to the bottom of the swamps. Over the years as the thick layers of plants were covered by dirt and as the pressure and heat built up the plants would turn into coal. Coal is the most prevalent form of fossil fuels and is used by many of the leading countries, such as China and the United States of