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Can fossil fuels be made in laboratories?


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Explanation of fossil fuels,

  1. No, fossil fuels cannot be made in laboratories, they are formed naturally.
  2. The formation of fossils takes millions of years after ages of staying under the soil or concrete.
  3. Coal, natural gas, and crude oil were formed from fossilized so they are called fossil fuels.
  4. Under great pressure and high temperature buried residue of plants and animals are also called fossils as they lived millions of years ago.
  5. Such an environment cannot be replicated or formed in a lab,
  6. So we are unable to form fossils in laboratories.

Hence fossil fuels cannot be made in laboratories.


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