Answer:
they're a non renewable source
Step-by-step explanation:
Coal and petroleum, are formed by the deposit of organisms that have died a million years ago. under pressure and high temperature underground the dead organisms that used to live millions of years ago are formed into petroleum. however, coal is formed by the deposit of dead plants in the same process as petroleum. for the formation of petroleum and coal it takes a long term of time for it to be formed (millions of years). and that's why its limited