Includes bibliographical references (p. 32) and index.
Contents:
Fossil fuels as an energy resource -- What is coal? -- Oil and gas -- How power stations work -- Using oil for transport -- How do fossil fuels affect the atmosphere? -- How fossil fuels affect health -- How do fossil fuels affect land and sea? -- The price of fossil fuels -- Finding more fossil fuels -- Cutting harmful gases -- Reducing fossil fuel use -- The future for fossil fuel power.
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