Why are fossil fuels non-renewable?

Because they release lot of smoke, while burning

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Because they take millions of years to form, so cannot be replenished

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Because of the growing demand of the energy

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Because we are consuming it at such alarming rates

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The correct option is B
Because they take millions of years to form, so cannot be replenished

Since non-renewable energy take millions of years to form. It cannot be replenished at the rate, by which we are consuming it.

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Fossil fuels cannot be replenished by natural means at the same rate that it is consumed that’s why they are known as non-renewable sources of energy.

Q. We know that fossil fuels are formed from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal, natural gas by exposure to heat and pressure in the earth's crust over millions of years. Since fossil fuels cannot be replenished by natural means at the same rate that it is consumed that’s why they are known as non-renewable sources of energy.

Q. Burning of fossils fuels causes air pollution because they release on combustion.

Q. Fossil fuels are non-renewable because they:

Q. Fossil fuels are exhaustible natural resources because they:

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Why are fossil fuels non-renewable?

The correct option is B Because they take millions of years to form, so cannot be replenished Since non-renewable energy take millions of years to form. It cannot be replenished at the rate, by which we are consuming it.

The correct option is B
Because they take millions of years to form, so cannot be replenished

Since non-renewable energy take millions of years to form. It cannot be replenished at the rate, by which we are consuming it.