State whether the following statement is true or false.

Coal gas, coke and producer gas are examples of fossil fuel.

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Detailed Solution

The given statement is false.
Concept: Fossil fuels are any of a variety of fuels that are created naturally, such as through the anaerobic decay of buried dead organisms. Additionally, the fossil fuels created from these extinct species have a minimum age of 650 million years and a maximum age of millions of years.
Following the destructive distillation of coal, a combination of several gases, including methane, hydrogen, volatile hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide, results in coal gas. On the other hand, coal is heated without the presence of air to produce coke, a solid fuel that is used to drive a volatile material. Coke and coal gas are thus not fossil fuels but rather coal byproducts.
Producer gas is a low-grade fuel gas that is mostly composed of nitrogen and carbon monoxide, which are created when air, red hot carbon, or steam is passed through it. Producer gas is therefore a fossil fuel. As a result, false is the true response to the question. Since coal gas and coke are not fossil fuels.
Hence, the given statement is false.

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