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Petroleum is a...

Petroleum is a

A

Non-renewable source

B

Renewable source

C

A synthetic product

D

An inconvenient source

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A

Petroleum along with oil and coal is classified as a fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are formed when sea plants and an animals die and that remains become buried under several thousand feet of silt, sand or mud. Fossil fuel take million of years to form and therefore petroleum is considered as non renewable resource.
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