IMPORTANCE OF FOSSIL FUELS AS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The main ingredients of fossil fuels are coal, natural gas, crude oil and others. Fossil fuels are formed by natural processes by decomposition of buried dead organisms. The photosynthesis of buried and dead organisms through a long period of millions of years will form fossil fuels. The buried organisms may take 650 million of years and above to form fossil fuels. Petroleum products are considered as fossil fuels because they were formed from the buried remaining parts of plants and animals those lived before millions of years. Petroleum is generally known as Oil as fossil fuel. It was assessed to be before Dinosaurs lived. When the living organisms and plants died, they sank into the bottom of the oceans and they were buried by thousands of feet of sediment and sand that turned into rock. After a long period of time the organic mixture will come under large pressure and heat as the layers increased. After the chemical reaction the mixture will be changed chemically breaking down into the compounds made of hydrogen and Carbon atoms-hydrocarbons. In the final stage Oil structured rocks will be formed. Every organic substance buried in underground does not convert into oil. Under the above said conditions only 2% of organic materials will be converted into Oil. Petroleum products are very essential products these are distributed to the needy customers through petroleum retail outlets. These retail outlets are commissioned and operating on the guidelines of ministry of petroleum and natural gas in union government of India. At present there are 56000 retail outlets are working in India, in Karnataka 4500 are working in Karnataka state. In Tarikere taluk itself 18 different retail outlets are working. Use of petroleum, products: Petroleum, products include Transportation, fuels, fuel oils for heating and Electricity Generation, asphalt and road oil, and the feed stocks used to Make chemicals, plastics and synthetic materials found in nearly Everything we use today, About 74% of the 6.89 billion barrels of Petroleum that we used in 2013 were gasoline, heating oil/diesel Fuel, and jet fuel