Fossil Fuels

How do we find out what lies beneath the ground? We could dig into it, for one. But that would be prohibitively expensive, especially the deeper you go. Instead, modern scientists and geologists use sound waves to analyse what is below, otherwise known as a seismic survey. This is a low impact and non-invasive way to gather information about the characteristics of an area underneath the surface. You may not know much about them, but seismic surveys affect our daily [...]

  Watch this video to find out about Australia's main source of electricity. Fossil fuels still dominate Australia's electricity mix. The country’s coal resources are so large that they currently underpin both domestic electricity production and exports. Indeed, Australia exports three times more black coal than it uses. So, it is no surprise that coal is the country’s main source of electricity and that it accounts for more than half of its total electricity production. This is concerning because coal [...]