all fossil fuels are made up of componds of carbon and hydrogen why
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Because fossil fuels are dead remains of old plants and animals from millions of years ago. And Hydrogen and carbon form hydrocarbons that are the basic building blocks of all organic forms.
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By definition raw fossil fuels are not required to be purely composed ofhydrocarbons. A hydrocarbon is by definition, just hydrogen and carbon; howeverforms of fossil fuels have little or no hydrogen present (Coal for example isother mineral and chemical components in a fossil fuel outside of purehydrocarbons. Refineries are designed to take raw fossil fuels (oil for example)
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