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DOMINANCE OF BLACK GOLD IN ENERGY SECTOR

 FOSSIL FUEL Fossil fuels  mainly comprising of Coal,Petroleum(black liquid gold), and natural gas contributed  85-93% of global energy production during the period 1950-2005.Traditionally coal was the dominant fuel in mid 20th century  providng nearly half of global energy. However by 1961 petrol overtook  the position as the major source  of energy that  exceeded 50% share of global energy in 1973.Natural gas share also more than doubled from 10%  in 1950  to 24.2% in 2019.It has been observed that by 2019 fossil fuel accounted above 81% of global energy production and it continue to remain above 81% of energy goods consumed.In specific sectors fossil fuel  utilisation remain robust.  The appearence of Petroleum or crude oil, is a blackish  yellow liquid chemical mixture found in geographical formations consisting of mainly hydrocarbons .This  fossil fuel is evolved over millions of  years from decay of organic...