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    I. Hydrocarbons: Fuels Anaerobic Decomposition Organisms

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    This document discusses hydrocarbons and their uses such as in heating, electricity generation, and components of gasoline and plastics. It also discusses fossil fuels which are formed from dead organisms and their uses in providing electricity, heating and cooling, and fueling transportation, but also their environmental effects like global warming and health risks like cancer and irritation.

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    I.

    Hydrocarbons

    A. Saturated hydrocarbons (alkanes)

    General uses:
    Heating
    Electricity generation
    Cooking
    Serve as intermediate in the synthesis of drugs, pesticides and other chemicals
    Components of gasoline (pentane and octane)
    Paraffin wax
    B. Unsaturated hydrocarbons (alkenes and alkynes)

    General uses:
    Making plastics by polymerization
    Making ethylene glycol
    Making industrial ethanol and further oxidation to ethanoic acid
    C. Cycloalkanes

    General uses:
    Natural gas
    Petroleum gas
    Motor fuel
    Kerosene
    Diesel
    Heavy oils
    D. Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    General uses:
    Rubbers
    Lubricants
    Dyes
    Detergents
    Pesticides
    Insect repellents
    II.

    Fossil fuels
    - fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried
    dead organisms.
    Uses:

    Providing Electricity
    For Heating and Cooling
    For Fueling Transportation

    Environmental effects

    global warming
    air quality deterioration
    oil spills
    acid rain

    Health risks
    head aches
    nausea
    irritation on skin
    cancer

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