This is why fossil fuels are called a nonrenewable resource -- once they're gone, they're gone. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Anderson: Climate Science Round-Up: How to Make a Fossil Fuel] Reference
Yes, we know it contributes to pollution, and yes, it is "nonrenewable," and yes, we still haven't learned to use it as efficiently as we could. From Wordnik.com. [AMERICAN.COM -- A Magazine of Ideas, Online] Reference
We do use up nonrenewable resources and we do pollute. From Wordnik.com. [White House Conference On Corporate Citizenship] Reference
Extracting it from fossil fuels is easy but nonrenewable. From Wordnik.com. [Plant Fuel] Reference
What is it made of (renewable or nonrenewable materials)?. From Wordnik.com. [Life Cycles of Consumable Goods: Lower-Impact Shades of Green] Reference
Other kinds of natural capital are nonrenewable resources. From Wordnik.com. [Resource maintenance in economies] Reference
This waxy material is derived from petroleum, a nonrenewable resource. From Wordnik.com. [Lead? Phthalates? Keep harmful chemicals out of your home] Reference
In time, reserves of nonrenewable resources dropped from residue to gleanings. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
Uranium is a nonrenewable resource, and its production is harmful to the environment. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Globally Green] Reference
Whereas every nonrenewable energy source pays taxes and royalties, wind power does not. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Consider UIPS limitations in nonrenewable metals, minerals and other vital reserves until. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
Environmentalists have long warned about the crisis in nonrenewable resources, such as oil. From Wordnik.com. [Rivers Running Dry] Reference
The process of production uses up nonrenewable natural resources such as coal, oil, and minerals. From Wordnik.com. [Macroeconomics and the environment] Reference
Ltd. will be liable for a 40% tax on profits made from the exploitation of nonrenewable resources. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Plans New Resources Tax] Reference
Nonmarketed natural capital, both renewable and nonrenewable, will be the most troublesome category. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
The rate of depletion in the Solar Community's reserves of vital but nonrenewable substances rose rapidly. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
Besides, less plastic means using less oil, the essential component in plastic and a nonrenewable resource. From Wordnik.com. [The Incredible Vanishing Plastic Eggshell] Reference
For both renewable and nonrenewable resources, investments in enhancing throughput productivity are needed. From Wordnik.com. [Farewell speech to the World Bank by Herman E. Daly] Reference
He argues that receipts from a nonrenewable resource can be divided into an income and a capital component. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
El Serafy tackles the difficult issue of how to treat receipts from nonrenewable resources in defining income. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Ecological Economics~ Chapter 3] Reference
The insatiable appetite for metals, minerals, rare earths and other nonrenewable substances increased inexorably. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
The greatest threat to this ecoregion is the over exploitation of its resources leaving it in a nonrenewable state. From Wordnik.com. [Amapa mangroves] Reference
Consumption of ecosystem services and nonrenewable resources affects biodiversity and ecosystems directly and indirectly. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Biodiversity Synthesis~ Summary for Decision-makers] Reference
Consumption of ecosystem services and nonrenewable resources affects biodiversity and ecosystems directly and indirectly. From Wordnik.com. [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Biodiversity Synthesis~ Key Questions on Biodiversity in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment] Reference
A major shift occurred away from living off the sun and the products of photosynthesis toward using nonrenewable hydrocarbons. From Wordnik.com. [Making the Great Transformation (Conference)~ Session Two] Reference
Furthermore, modern agriculture requires large inputs of energy and fertilizers, usually produced from nonrenewable fossil fuels. From Wordnik.com. [AP Environmental Science Chapter 6- History and Global Distribution] Reference
In contrast, economic systems use significant amounts of nonrenewable resources to speed up the production of goods and services. From Wordnik.com. [Biophysical economics] Reference
Ecology-oriented policy ought to encourage consumers to substitute wood for materials derived from nonrenewable ores and chemicals. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Owls Versus Loggers] Reference
Investment in the exploitation of a nonrenewable resource should be paired with a compensating investment in a renewable substitute. From Wordnik.com. [Herman Daly Festschrift~ Herman Daly and the Steady State Economy] Reference
Net yields from nonrenewable reserves, residues and substitutes had dwindled until exhaustion was certain and a timeline predictable. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
This Georgist orientation toward nonrenewable resources is, however, a contingent view, not a necessary corollary of Georgist principles. From Wordnik.com. [Herman Daly Festschrift~ Ecological and Georgist Economic Principles~ A Comparison] Reference
We see in Table 2 large deductions for the depletion of nonrenewable resources and long-term environmental damages, such as climate change. From Wordnik.com. [Macroeconomics and the environment] Reference
Many of these nonrenewable inputs, such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides, are produced at high energy costs (usually petroleum-based). From Wordnik.com. [1. Household gardening projects in asia: past experience and future directions] Reference
This includes not just global warming but eight other fragile systems, such as the consumption of nonrenewable resources like drinkable water. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Goleman: Earth Day, Every Day] Reference
The point is, as every child in my classroom learns, we should not be burning the precious nonrenewable resources of our fragile earth to produce energy. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
We believe that sustainable agriculture is a better method of sourcing raw materials, certainly better than something coming out of a nonrenewable barrel of oil. From Wordnik.com. [16 Ideas for the Planet] Reference
The government benefits from new equipment, reduced energy costs, improved energy efficiency, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and conservation of nonrenewable fuels. From Wordnik.com. [Fact Sheet On Leading The Fight Against Global Warming A] Reference
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