Many fuels, such as gasoline and diesel fuel, are hydrocarbons. hydrocarbons are molecules that contain only hydrogen and carbon. choose all of the criteria below that would make a hydrocarbon a good fuel in terms of enthalpy. hydrocarbons burn to absorb a large amount of energy. burning hydrocarbons produces a lot of energy. breaking carbon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon bonds gives off energy. the enthalpy of combustion is a large negative value.