- published: 27 Oct 2009
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A fuel is any material that can be made to react so that it releases chemical or nuclear energy as heat or to be used for work. The concept was originally applied solely to those materials capable of releasing chemical energy but has since also been applied to other sources of heat energy such as nuclear energy (via nuclear fission or nuclear fusion).
The heat energy released by reactions of fuels is converted into mechanical energy via a heat engine. Other times the heat itself is valued for warmth, cooking, or industrial processes, as well as the illumination that comes with combustion. Fuels are also used in the cells of organisms in a process known as cellular respiration, where organic molecules are oxidized to release usable energy. Hydrocarbons and related oxygen-containing molecules are by far the most common source of fuel used by humans, but other substances, including radioactive metals, are also utilized.
Fuels are contrasted with other substances or devices storing potential energy, such as those that directly release electrical energy (such as batteries and capacitors) or mechanical energy (such as flywheels, springs, compressed air, or water in a reservoir).
Gimme fuel, gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Turn on, I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro junkie, paint me dead
And I see red
A hundred plus through black and whites, ha, ha
War horse, warhead
Fuck 'em man, white knuckle tight
Through black and white
Ooh, and I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burnin' hard, loose and clean
And I burn
Turning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
So gimme fuel, gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire, hey
Yeah
Hey, turn on beyond the bone
Swallow future, spit out hope
Burn your face upon that chrome
Yeah
Take the corner, going to crash
Headlights, head on, headlines
Another junkie lives too fast
Yeah, lives way too fast, fast, fast, woh
Ooh, and I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burnin' hard, loose and clean
Ooh, and I burn
Churning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
So gimme fuel, gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire
Ooh, yeah, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Feel it burning
Burn my fuckin' pain
Ooh, I burn
Fuel is pumping engines
Burnin' hard, loose and clean
Then I burn
Turning my direction
Quench my thirst with gasoline
Gimme fuel, gimme fire
Gimme that which I desire, yeah