State the reason for calling fossil fuels as a nonrenewable source of energy.
(N/A) Fossil fuels are considered a nonrenewable source of energy because they take millions of years to form through natural geological processes. Once these limited reserves are consumed,they cannot be replenished within a human timescale.
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