I think its basically about "time". If nature can relace something in a reasonable time its renewable, if it takes an unreasonably long time its nonrenewable. So Ethanol from corn is renewable because you get a new crop every year. Wood from trees is probably borderline because it takes 20 -30 yrs to grow a new tree. And coal is nonrenewable because it takes nature millions of yrs to make coal.
a resource that can not be replaced
A renewable resource is one that is capable of being replaced by ecologic or natural cycles, whereas a nonrenewable resource cannot be naturally replaced. Lead is nonrenewable resource since once depleted it cannot be restored.
Why is soil considered a nonrenewable resource
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Sulfur is considered a nonrenewable resource because it is extracted from the earth's crust through mining processes and has a limited supply. Once extracted, sulfur cannot be replaced at the same rate it is consumed.
Oil is a nonrenewable resource because it takes millions of years to form and cannot be replaced within a human lifetime.
It is a nonrenewable resource.
A pen is not a nonrenewable resource because it can easily be created. However a pen is made of some nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels.
nonrenewable
A nonrenewable resource is something like oil or coal because they are resources that are used faster than they can be replaced.
Paraffin is considered a nonrenewable resource because it is derived from petroleum, which is a finite fossil fuel.
it is a renewable resource