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Although coal and petroleum are produced by degradation of bio-mass, yet we need to conserve them. Why?

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They are non renewable / their formation takes millions of years / exhausted in the future. (any one point)
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Coal and petroleum take millions of years to form by the degradation of biomass. As tl Turizou e are being utilised at a much faster rate than their formation, they will be exhausted in the future very soon. Therefore, they need to be conserved.
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