How to Use fossil fuel in a Sentence

fossil fuel

noun
  • Paris was not the end of fossil fuels, of course.
    — John D. Sutter, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Burn biomass or waste to heat the kiln instead of fossil fuel.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • None of this replaces the need to phase out fossil fuels.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Most of this demand is still met with fossil fuels.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The question is no longer whether the fossil fuel era will end, but how.
    — Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But coal is also a fossil fuel.
    — Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The war in Iran has exposed the true costs of fossil fuels.
    — Brian Lee, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The lawsuit also asks for a halt to all new fossil fuel projects.
    — ABC News, 25 June 2026
  • So do pesticides, many of which are fossil fuel-based, like mine.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Much of that power still comes from burning fossil fuels.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Even fossil fuel might struggle to scale as compute soars.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Newsom said the state is on the path of phasing out fossil fuel usage.
    — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Since oil, gas, and coal produce most of these, a group of countries pushed a plan to phase out fossil fuels.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
  • All are now struggling to map out a future without fossil fuels.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
  • All of the above parties want to see more fossil fuel production.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2022
  • American leaders may be all-in on fossil fuels, but the rest of the world isn’t so sure.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • In spite of their impact on climate change, fossil fuels are winning the race.
    — Dave Trecker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The world has to stop using fossil fuels, and yet, for a petrostate, letting go isn’t easy.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Beck isn’t averse to helping dirty industries, like fossil fuels, clean up their act.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This in spite of the fact that clean energy has become in some ways cheaper than fossil fuels.
    — Carl Yaeckel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
  • In the last 10 years, in most places in the world, this changed from fossil fuels being cheaper.
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Too many of them fear the fundraising power of the fossil fuel industry to rail against them.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Also, plastics are made from fossil fuels.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The fossil fuel industry has not been forthright with the people of the world.
    — ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas is the chief driver of the climate crisis.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas is the chief driver of the climate crisis.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas is the chief driver of the climate crisis.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • So, users of heat pumps still end up powering them with fossil fuel energy.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Rising fossil fuel prices are narrowing the cost gap.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Across the Global South, fossil fuel use would drop by a quarter.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2023

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