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Why are They called fossil fuel?

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Fossil fuels are known as nonrenewable because we consume them faster then they can be replaced naturally.

It took 300 million years to make them.

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Fossil fuels aren't renewable because it takes millions of years to produce them from dead animals and other decayed matter.

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They are formed from living things that died millions of years ago.
Because they are made of fosils

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Because they mainly are compounds of hydrogen (H) and carbon (C). common examples include methane (CH4), propane (C3H8) and octane (C8H18).

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because it can be used so much that you can't use it again.

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A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

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