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Save fossil fuels

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Fossil fuels are fuels formed through natural processes, such as the decomposition of buried dead organisms. Fossil fuels contain high amounts of carbon, used to fuel combustion. They are used as fuels, coal, natural gas and oil.

Vehicles powered by fossil fuels produce several hundred wastes in raw materials. Vehicles using lithium batteries waste 30 kilos of raw material over their lifetime, taking into account that several parts are going for recycling. This figure compares with the 17,000 liters of fuel wasted by the remaining cars. The study data show that the waste is 300 times higher in vehicles powered by fossil fuels.

 

 Ways to save fossil fuels:

- Abandoning gasoline and diesel vehicles will bring great environmental benefits;

- Reduce the amount of lithium, nickel and cobalt used in each car due to the advancement of technology, which will reduce the exploration of these minerals, further reducing the price of vehicles.

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Beatriz Brito