Is peat a renewable or non-renewable resource?

Answer 1

Peat is classed as a non-renewable fossil fuel. It was made hundreds of years ago. It could renew if we could wait long enough.

Renewable refers to things like wind or sunshine, which keep on coming even if we use them to produce energy. Other things are classed as renewable if we can grow them as fast as we use them. Like vegetables. Other things get used up and don't renew, like rain-forests and minerals.

Answer 2

Peat is a nonrenewable resource, because it cannot reform itself quickly.