3: Fossil Fuels and Thermal Engines Last updated Jun 20, 2022 Save as PDF 2.3.1: Forms of Energy and Power- an Engineer’s Approach 3.1: Fossil Fuel Resources Page ID84598 ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) 3.1: Fossil Fuel Resources3.2: How much energy there is in fossil fuels?3.2.1: How much CO2 is released by burning various fuels3.3: Heat Engines3.4: The Efficiency of Thermal Engines3.4.1: The First Law of Thermodynamics.3.4.2: Entropy3.4.3: The Second Law of Thermodynamics3.4.4: Sad Consequences of the Second Law3.4.5: The Efficiency of an Ideal Thermal Engine3.4.6: Even sadder news