What Do Fossil Fuels Power?
Through combustion chemical reactions, fossil fuels power a massive variety of different devices all around the world in many different fields. Fossil fuels form from the decomposed remains of organic materials that lived millions of years ago and contain large quantities of carbon and hydrocarbons. Fossil fuels contain large amounts of energy that are released when they are burned, allowing them to power many different manmade devices. The energy provided by fossil fuels is contained in the chemical bonds of the hydrocarbons; when the bonds are broken, the energy is released.
