All energy sources have some impact on our environment.
Describe renewable and nonrenewable source of energy.
The non renewable source of energy is easy to store.
Understand and explain general ways to save energy at a personal community and global level.
Renewable energy includes resources that rely on fuel sources that restore themselves over short periods of time and do not diminish source.
The non renewable energy resources.
It is easily accessible and more compatible.
The non renewable source of energy is affordable.
To better understand renewable vs.
Nonrenewable energy sources like coal oil and natural gas cannot be easily replenished a renewable energy source can be more easily replenished common examples of renewable energy include wind sunlight moving water and earth s heat.
There are two types of energy.
Advantages of non renewable energy.
Both these resources help us with everyday life although some are better for the economy than others.
Fuels created from nonrenewable resources are still the primary source of all the power generated in the world due to their affordability and high energy content.
The advantage of these non renewable resources is that power plants that use them are able to produce more power on demand.
Understand and explain in general terms how passive solar heating hydropower and wind power work.
Fossil fuels coal oil and natural gas do substantially more harm than renewable energy sources by most measures including air and water pollution damage to public health wildlife and habitat loss water use land use and global warming emissions.
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For instance diesel and oil.
Non renewable energy cannot be replaced once their energy source is used up.
By kevin stark there are two major categories of energy.
Other types of nonrenewable resources.
Renewable energy is defined by the u s.
Disadvantages of non renewable energy.
Environmental protection agency thus.
Renewable and nonrenewable resources are being used every day.
However renewable sources such as wind solar geothermal biomass and.
They are both sources of energy.
Non renewable energy resources are available in limited supplies usually because they take a long time to replenish.
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Describe sources and uses of energy.
Define renewable and non renewable energy.
Knowing whether a source of energy is renewable or non renewable is important when considering energy and or sustainability.