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The future of energy: a roundup
Every part of the industrial sector remains entangled with fossil fuels in ways both obvious and hidden. They directly power the engines in planes, cargo ships, cars and trucks. They fire the blast furnaces that make steel and iron, heat both our homes and businesses as well as the kilns that produce cement. They serve as both the energy source and raw materials for the industrial chemical reactions used to create everything from plastics to carpeting, fabrics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals.