Fossil fuels enable human ingenuity and gave rise to the Industrial Revolution. Coal-fired electricity empowers humankind’s evolution in the Information Age.

 

Humans harness earth’s abundant fossil fuels resource – formed from the remains of prehistoric plant and animal life – as our primary source of energy. In a very real sense, using fossil fuels recycles the product of solar energy locked-up during photosynthesis over millions and millions of years.

 

Whether using coal to make most of the world’s electricity, petroleum as the lifeblood of transportation or, along with natural gas, as a feedstock for myriad industrial and commercial uses, fossil fuels are keys to our industrial evolution.