Course: GFM 102 Technical Aspects of Energy, Resources & Conservation

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Fossil Energy

The world is experiencing an energy crisis. While there is disagreement among experts on the exact time frame, it is understood that our nonrenewable energy sources will be gone within a few decades minimum or a few hundred years maximum. Unfortunately, the term "nonrenewable energy source" has become jargon and many people do not understand it refers to the energy sources they use every day.

Click here to access the U.S. Energy Information Administration Fossil Fuels webpage.