fossil fuel

The largest coal company in the states has filed for bankruptcy. Coal prices, along with oil, have plummeted. From a power station perspective and from the consumer perspective, it seems like this would increase demand and be a net bad thing from an environmental perspective but paradoxically...

I'm curious whether any attempt has been made to account for the aggregate heat generated by burning fossil fuels. As I understand it, FFs represent millions of years' worth of solar energy, captured and stored in organic material. By burning them so quickly, aren't we effectively...