Question

Explain why are fossil fuels exhaustible natural resource

Answer 1

Fossil fuels require millions of years to form from the dead vegetation and animals that get buried deep inside the Earth. They require high temperature and pressure for their formation, which cannot be provided in the laboratory and their rate formation is very less in comparison to their rate of consumption so they will exhaust in near future due to current rate of consumption

Answer 2

fossil fuels are exhaustible natural resources because , fossil fuels are formed in nature by very slow process inside the earth , if consumed at a rate faster then the rate of formed then it will be exhausted.