[Grammar] Most everyday items contain carbon, usually as plastics – computers, medicines, cars,

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"Most everyday items contain carbon, usually as plastics – computers, medicines, cars, clothes, buildings. Most of this carbon originates from petroleum or coal, fossil fuels buried underground for millions of years."

Can we rephrase above sentence as below?

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Most everyday items contain carbon, usually as plastics – computers, medicines, cars, clothes, buildings. Most of this carbon originates from petroleum or coal, fossil fuels that were buried underground for millions of years."

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Can we put "which have been" at the place of "that were" without changing the meaning?
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Yes.
Also, I would start your first sentence with "Many" to avoid two successive sentences beginning with "Most".
 
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