It is not.
No.
Whale oil is not considered a fossil fuel. It is an oil obtained from the blubber of whales and was historically used for lighting and lubrication before it was largely replaced by petroleum-based products.
No it is not. But Crude Oil, coal, and Natural Gas are!
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Oil is a fossil fuel.
Crude oil.
Whale oil is from a currently living animal. Crude oil, coal and natural gas were formed ages ago. Those are considered fossil fuels- whales are not.
because whales are living things. not plant material that has been buried underground for several millennia. they did indeed use whale oil as fuel back in the day, but declining numbers of the animal, and political opinion changed that.
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They are called fossil fuels.
Oil and gas.