Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 17â¦90, the United States Congress approved the creation of a special district to serve as the permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution.
Fossil Fuels - There are coal, crude oils, oil shales, tar sands and natural gases such as butane, ethane, methane which occur naturally from the decomposition of plant and sea and land organisms over millions of years. Burning fossil fuels is the major way in which humans add to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Fuel combustion, also known as burning fuel, is the process by which a fuel is consumed in an exothermic chemical reaction that released a great deal of heat and light.Usually, the fuel that is combusted is a hydrocarbon that reacts with the oxygen in the air.uel is burned to create an energy source. The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide. Natural gas is one of the most common fossil fuels used in fuel combustion reactions.