Below you will find example sentences with "fossil fuel". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Fossil Fuel in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: fuel
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30.2 words

Words in this phrase

fossil fuel

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • fossil can mean: The mineralized remains of an animal or plant. Frequent word
  • fuel can mean: Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

cancel all fossil fuel infrastructure projects 1× clean to fossil fuel lending representing 1× countries and fossil fuel companies to 1× debunks the fossil fuel industry talking 1× developing new fossil fuel outlets mines 1× expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure and 1× expensive than fossil fuel versions about 1× for a fossil fuel non proliferation 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

additionally green hydrogen 1× if rbc hits 1× if this happens 1× meanwhile we need 1× on top of 1× rob noyes divestment 1×

Common sentence endings:

of fossil fuels 3× 5 fatalities classification 1× after eight years 1× as coal are 1× burning fossil fuel 1× constructed or proposed 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

fuels 12× infrastructure 5× energy 5× must 3× new 3× industry 3× green 3× end 3× gas 3× include 2× accident 2× allow 2×

Related phrases

fuel prices fuel tank fuel costs hydrogen fuel fuel tanks jet fuel fuel economy fuel shortage alternative fuel

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around fuel:

fuel prices 13× fuel tank 12× jet fuel 9× fuel economy 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

fort worth fort wayne fort nelson fort morgan fort mcmurray fort lauderdale

Just after it in the phrase index:

foster care foster children foster home foster mother foster parent foster parents

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

hydrogen fuel jet fuel alternative fuel

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "fossil fuel" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as cancel all fossil fuel infrastructure projects, clean to fossil fuel lending representing, fuels, infrastructure and energy stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fuel prices, fuel tank, fuel costs, fuel prices, fuel tank and jet fuel, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with fossil fuel

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Additionally, green hydrogen can integrate easily with fossil fuels and with the entire fossil fuel ecosystem. (16 words)

Typically drones of this sort would be powered by fossil fuel, but fossil fuels produce pollution. (16 words)

Meanwhile we need to stop the fossil fuel subsidies as we no longer need to encourage growth of fossil fuels. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

When President George W. Bush established the Renewable Fuels Standard by signing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law, cynics were quick to point out that making motor fuel from corn is worse for our planet than simply burning fossil fuel. (42 words)

If RBC hits its low-carbon lending target by decade’s end without phasing down its fossil fuels, it would only imply a 1:1 ratio of clean to fossil fuel lending, representing a far cry from what’s required. (40 words)

While electric cars often require fossil fuel-generated energy to produce them and provide the electricity to fuel them, they still emit less greenhouse gas and air pollutants over their lifetime than a standard petrol or diesel car. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

Rob Noyes, divestment campaigner and researcher at Platform, said: “Investments in dirty fossil fuels turn public sector savings into fossil fuel playthings, pumping billions of pounds through the pensions pipeline into climate-wrecking fossil fuels.

XR Boston is occupying 's office today because Mass must announce a moratorium on new fossil fuel infrastructure & cancel all fossil fuel infrastructure projects currently being constructed or proposed.

The fossil fuel industry is under pressure as the cost of renewables falls and the economics of developing new fossil fuel outlets (mines, power plants) does not stack up.

This study does not include Fossil fuel related cancer and other indirect deaths created by the use of fossil fuel consumption in its "severe accident", an accident with more than 5 fatalities, classification.

Additionally, green hydrogen can integrate easily with fossil fuels and with the entire fossil fuel ecosystem.

If this happens, many are concerned that it would allow countries and fossil fuel companies to continue to burn fossil fuels as long as they capture the emissions and store it underground.

According to him, focusing so much on fossil energy would mean that in the future African nations would have no market for their fossil fuel because their customers must have migrated to green energy.

If RBC hits its low-carbon lending target by decade’s end without phasing down its fossil fuels, it would only imply a 1:1 ratio of clean to fossil fuel lending, representing a far cry from what’s required.

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Vanuatu and Tuvalu have led the campaign for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, committing signatories to ending expansion of fossil fuels.

The Oscar-nominated director also “debunks” the “fossil fuel industry talking points,” by noting that in modern-day times, green energy is less harmful, cheaper and overall more reliable than fossil fuels, such as coal, are.

Those targets must include specific plans to end support for the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure and set a timeline for phasing out support of companies that lack adequate plans to move away from fossil fuels.

Typically drones of this sort would be powered by fossil fuel, but fossil fuels produce pollution.

Meanwhile we need to stop the fossil fuel subsidies as we no longer need to encourage growth of fossil fuels.

You might recognize that this has been tried in our recent history; until fall 2017, Fossil Free CU fought to get CU to divest in the fossil fuel industry.

This new gigantic infrastructure would be placed on top of the current fossil fuel infrastructure—all in order to allow for the continued burning of fossil fuels.

On top of this, many fossil fuel firms list natural gas as a renewable fuel, and count it as part of their net zero goals.

While electric models are more expensive than fossil fuel versions (about $50,000 more per machine), his group estimates that due to lower fuel and maintenance costs, arenas end up breaking even after eight years.

When President George W. Bush established the Renewable Fuels Standard by signing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law, cynics were quick to point out that making motor fuel from corn is worse for our planet than simply burning fossil fuel.

While I was solarizing our home, some of my neighbors were converting their homes from fuel oil to natural gas–tightening the grip of fossil fuel on our community.

While electric cars often require fossil fuel-generated energy to produce them and provide the electricity to fuel them, they still emit less greenhouse gas and air pollutants over their lifetime than a standard petrol or diesel car.

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