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Why petrol is exhaustible natural resources whereas sunlight is not? Explain​

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Petrol is a fossil fuel that is made by millions of years of decomposition of dead plants and animals. It needs high pressure and temperature and takes millions of years to form. When misused or overused, it can be exhausted within 100 years. Thus, petrol is an exhaustible resource. But this is not the same as for sunlight because it cannot be exhausted by human needs. It is available in unlimited amounts.

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