Fossil fuel
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fossil-fuel-203-12790645
title:
Fossil fuel
text:
A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of prehistoric organisms, a process that occurs within geological formations. Reservoirs of such compound mixtures can be extracted and burned as a fuel for human consumption to provide heat for direct use, to power heat engines that can propel vehicles, or to generate electricity via steam turbine generators.
Some fossil fuels are furt
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Fuel formed over millions of years from dead plants and animals
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel
date created:
2002-04-07T20:52:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:00:12Z
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