Chapitre 1. What are the fossil fuels, and what are they made of?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. The author 5
4. Preface 7
5. Foreword 11
6. Introduction: The importance of fossil fuels for industrial societies 13
7. Part I. Nature and variety of fossil fuels, physico-chemical principles of their formation and that of their deposits in the earth’s crust
8. Chapitre 1. What are the fossil fuels, and what are they made of? 21
9. Chapitre 2. How do fossil fuels form? 33
10. Chapitre 3. How are their deposits formed? 49
11. Chapitre 4. An overview of fossil fuels 75
12. Part II. Future prospects, climate and health risks
13. Chapitre 1. Some nomenclature 83
14. Chapitre 2. Some Quantification 93
15. Chapitre 3. Future prospects of fossil fuels? 101
16. Chapitre 4. A little Economics: fossil fuel prices 153
17. Chapitre 5. Fossil fuels and climate 167
18. Chapitre 6. Fossil fuels and public health 175
19. Conclusion 177
20. Appendix 1: Chemical composition of oils 185
21. Appendix 2: Dynamics and Resilience of the Production of Shale Oil and Gas 189
22. References 193