ELI5-How are fossile fuel made?
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Plants, often tiny algae, grow in the light of the Sun. When they die, they get buried. The soil builds layers on top of the dead plants, eventually sealing them between clay layers. As tectonic plates collide the sedementary layers are folded. Millions of years of. Heat and pressure transform the hydrocarbons in the plants into oil and/or gas.
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