Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource because it took a quarter billion years to make it. We are going through it like there is an unlimited supply, and this is certainly not the case, because it cannot be replaced
Petroleum - along with coal and natural gas - are "fossil" fuels. They come from plant and animal organic material which was crushed and buried underground for millions of years.
Unless we are willing to wait a few megayears, we really can't consider petroleum as "renewable".
Yes Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource.
Non-renewable oil is petroleum.
The fossil fuels, all of which are non-renewable, are petroleum, coal, and natural gas.
Coal, petroleum and natural gas took millions of years to form. Which is why they are classed as non-renewable resources.
nonrenewable resource like the oxygen we breath. the coal and petroleum used as fuel. there are many uses.
Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource.
Yes Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource.
Plastic is a petroleum product, and as such, is nonrenewable even though it is recyclable.
Which are not renewable are called as nonrenewable resources. Examples are water , petroleum ,etc...
Non-renewable oil is petroleum.
For a while, yes. Long term, no. It is a non-renewable resource, and so we have to switch over to alternative energy sources.
It takes millions of years to form.
30,000,000 years times 7
yes because it can eventually run out. So don't use too much!
Petroleum is a non renewable resource as it occurs naturally in a finate amount
yes because, wax is sometimes made of iol which comes from petroleum
It is very limmited you don't need a lot of petrolium to make energy it is nonrenewable it is exhaustible