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Hydrocarbon
In chemistry, a hydrocarbon
is any chemical compound
that consists only of the
elements carbon (C) and
hydrogen (H). They all
contain a carbon backbone,
called a carbon skeleton,
and have hydrogen atoms
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Biomass
Biomass is organic
non-fossil material,
collectively. In other
words, 'biomass' describes
the mass of all biological
organisms, dead or alive,
excluding biological mass
that has been transformed by
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Fossil fuel
Fossil fuels are
hydrocarbons, primarily
coal, fuel oil or natural
gas, formed from the remains
of dead plants and animals.
In common dialogue, the term
fossil fuel also includes
hydrocarbon-containing
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Mining
Mining is the extraction of
valuable minerals or other
geological materials from
the earth, usually (but not
always) from an ore body,
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A liquid nitrogen economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid ... > more -
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