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Fossil fuels include oil, gas, coal, and all other products that are derived from fossil fuels and used as an energy source. Fossil fuels release energy when they are burned. Take your car for example. You put gas in your car, and your engine burns the fuel and converts the potential energy of the fossil fuel into heat energy, and the heat energy into kenetic energy, and your car goes. Although pg&e is now using some renewable energy sources as well, the majority of our electricity comes from fossil fuels. The fossil fuel is burned, and the energy that is released is converted into electromagnetic energy, another word for electricity. A simpler example is gas, like the gas that is used in a gas stove. The gas is a fossil fuel, and it is burned. When it is burned it releases heat and light.

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Power stations and auto mobiles are two things that use fossil fuels.


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Do fossil fuels produce CO2 and water when they burn?

Yes, fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) when they burn. The combustion process involves the reaction of the carbon and hydrogen in the fossil fuels with oxygen in the air, resulting in the formation of CO2 and water vapor as byproducts.


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