Easy to store and convert into heat energy that is usually required for most applications
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High energy density
Makes them very useful for many applications
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Applications of fossil fuels due to high energy density
Smelting of metal ores
Electricity generation
Vehicles including cars, trains, and planes
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Finite
Exploitation means that they must eventually become depleted
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Available resource
Total quantity available is very large, but many deposits aren’t exploitable with current technology or economic conditions
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Level of technological development
Industrial societies have developed using fossil fuels so technologies used to exploit them are similarly well-developed. This means many changes must be made to the world’s infrastructure.
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