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Energy Raw Materials

The carbon and gas the economy still burns, and the rock it comes out of.

TurowCoalMine · Petr Vodička · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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5 materials shown. Figures are from USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · as each source defines it for each commodity · source ↗

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Material	Shelf	World production	Leading producer
Crude OilAncient marine plankton, cooked underground for millions of years into a liquid that carries…	Energy Raw Materials	not published	—
Oil Sands & BitumenSand soaked in oil so thick it will not flow — it has to be mined like ore or heated…	Energy Raw Materials	not published	—
Natural GasMostly methane, the lightest hydrocarbon, and the source of nearly all the hydrogen used by…	Energy Raw Materials	not published	—
Metallurgical CoalCoal of the specific quality that, when baked without air, turns into coke — the hard carbon…	Energy Raw Materials	not published	—
Thermal CoalCoal burned to make steam and therefore electricity — still, despite everything, one of the…	Energy Raw Materials	not published	—

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TurowCoalMine.jpg · Petr Vodička · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pumpjacks.JPG · Arne Hückelheim · CC BY-SA 3.0
Syncrude oil sands mine works, Mildred Lake, Alberta.jpg · Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0
2023-05-20 02 LNG tanker, GULF ENERGY - IMO 7390143.jpg · Gordon Leggett · CC BY-SA 4.0
Coke ovens and coal tipple, Fayette County, Penn (68762).jpg · Pub. by Uniontown News Agency & Co., Uniontown,… · Public domain
DRAGLINE (USED IN STRIP MINING) AT THE NAVAJO COAL MINE IN NORTHERN ARI… · Lyntha Scott Eiler · Public domain

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