Why is it necessary to conserve nonrenewable resources?

Answer 1

That question assume that it is necessary, and opinions on that vary.

Some say that we should, as after such resources are gone, we won't be able to do what we were doing with them any more. An example would be oil, which if we run out of it, means that we can't power our cars any more.

However, others point out that human creativity will always find another solution. And that we can keep on using the oil to power our cars, at whatever rate we like, as when it runs out, we'll just switch over to solar or hydrogen powered cars.

While history shows that the second viewpoint is true, it is still a viewpoint. It will thus depend mostly on your own world view as to which answer you are comfortable with.

A nonrenewable resource is just that, once it's gone there will be no more . Unless we can live without it , then we must limit our use of these things. Even some things that were considered "renewable resource's" , Atlantic cod , whales, soon the Pacific salmon species.

Answer 2

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