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What does the term nonrenewable resources mean?

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Non-renewable means it doesn't renew itself after it's been used.

Non-renewable: Coal, for example is a non-renewable resource. If we burn it to generate electricity it's gone. We have to dig up some more to keep the power station going. Eventually there will be no more coal left.

Renewable: Solar power is a renewable resource because we can use it all day to generate electricity (with photovoltaic panels), and it still is there tomorrow to be used again.

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The term refers to resources with finite supplies. Meaning they are limited to what already exists, being unable to rebuild or replenish stocks once spent. Some well known examples of non-renewable resources are oil, coal and natural gas. Although it may be possible to recreate tiny amounts of these resources or something similar in a laboratory, the scale of such recreations is minute and insignificant when considering the concept in its entirety. Wind or solar power would be a good example of a renewable resource.

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