Depletion of Non Renewable Resources of Energy

One of the problems is that fossil fuels are non-renewable. They are limited in supply and will one day be depleted.

(Click Slide). Renewable resources are those that be replenished naturally and over a short period of time. Examples of these include wood and water. Non-renewable resources are those that are available in limited supply. Common non-renewable resources are crude oil and coal. If resources are over-consumed and not managed sustainably, they will be depleted.

If the consumption continues at the current rate it is being consumed now it could be sooner like ten to fifthteen years. (Non Renewable Resources, 2015)

The United States relies heavily on fossil fuels as its main source of energy and with the limited supply, we 'll have to develop and utilize alternative sources for clean, renewable, cheap and effective energy to power this country and the world into the future. It will be important for the health of our planet to utilize renewable resources that have no greenhouse gas emission. Out of necessity the world will eventually need to stop using fossil fuels for energy.

The United States is the largest consumer of nonrenewable resources in the world. In the United States the primary source of energy comes from 3 different resources. These resources are petroleum, natural gas and coal. The three of these resources make up over 90 percent of the energy consumption of nonrenewable resources in the United States. These nonrenewable resources are considered fossil fuels that are not costly when it comes to extracting them from the environment. Fossil fuels are a large contributor to the air pollution than any other resource.

Firstly, and put very simply, fossil fuels are non-renewable! Once the finite deposits of brown and black coal are exhausted around the planet there will be no more energy generated by this process. Current estimates predict that all known coal deposits will be exhausted within the next 120 years.

Fossil fuels run the world. 78% of the world uses fossil fuels to generate their country's electricity. Only 22% of the world electricity use solar and wind, which are renewable energy sources. Many people today use fossil fuels which include natural gas, oil ,and petroleum.Fossil fuels are very bad for the environment because they cause air pollution and greenhouse gasses to be released. Air pollution and greenhouse gasses can be reduced if cities and suburbs transition to renewable energy.

Non-renewable energy is produced from sources that cannot be replenished for thousands of years once its depleted. In short, it takes thousands of years for non-renewable energy sources to form. They are usually found buried deep inside the earths crust. Fuels like coal, natural gas, crude oil, and nuclear fuels. Coal, natural gas and crude oil are collectively called “Fossil

One of the primary issues with fossil fuels is their negative impact on the planet and our environment. Greenhouse gasses cause a long string of reactions that lead to our planet slowly heating

The world around us mostly runs on fossil fuels in order to produce electricity; however, there will be a period that comes where we will run out of those fossil fuels. We only have so much time before a crisis hits and we have nothing left to produce the energy we need. In order for our country to produce the energy and electricity we need, we must do something about it. As a country, we must figure out how we can make the switch to using more renewable energy before it is too late and we run out of fossil fuels.

The term, “non-renewable energy,” is at its most basic form, means that the sources of energy will eventually one day run out and not replenish itself. Non-renewable energy comes in many forms. For example: coal, crude oil and natural gas. These sources are categorized as fossil fuels, meaning that they were formed in the past due to natural processes from dead organisms. Non-renewable energy has been proven to be very beneficial to the US, however, many people argue the negatives are not worth the benefits.

Our civilization mainly depends on the naturally limited fossil fuel. Those fossil fuel resources will end soon and their usage causes severe environmental impacts that if neglected may cause a catastrophic live extinction on earth. Thus to keep our development going while saving our environment. We have to use sustainable environment friendly energy resources and upgrade our systems to utilize the energy produced from those resources.

The world is currently run on decayed plants and animals that have been transformed into crude oil, coal, and natural gas, by exposure to heat and pressure over millions of years. These materials are known today as fossil fuels, and they produce 84% of all energy created in the United States (Suplee 2014). Although these sources are extensively used, they have a limited supply, eventually they will run out. Even with new extraction methods such as fracking and offshore drilling the deposits of fossil fuels in the world will diminish because of the extreme rate at which they are being used. There is much speculation as to when the Earth will be sucked dry, but whether it’s 10 years from now or 1000, the threat still looms.

The three type of major fossil fuels are coal, oil and natural gas. These fossil fuels are considered non-renewable energy because of the length of time it will take for the natural processes to create these resources. It will take millions of years for them to form. Most of our coal was formed about 300 million years ago, when a majority of the earth was covered by steamy swamps. As the plants and the trees died, the remaining of the plants and trees sank to the bottom of the swap which accumulated layers upon layers. These layers eventually formed a soggy, dense material called peat. Over the millions of years, the earth’s surface, seas, and great rivers changed and caused deposits of sand, clay and other sedimentary rocks were formed. The pressure caused the weight to squeeze water from the peat. The deeper burial and heat associated with it steadily changed the material to coal. Scientists have also estimated that 3 to 7 feet of compacted plant matter is required to form 1 foot of bituminous coal. (COAL: Ancient Gift Serving modern Man, 2005).

The first use of fossil energy was in the form of coal which was used to generate electricity for factories and cities. Slowly, mankind evolved and created vehicles using fuel to power the first automobiles. Geologist worked together with companies in search of fuel to begin the age of automobiles as a form of transportation. It was then that the drilling and burning of fossil fuels began. Since the Industrial Era companies, geologists, and scientists continue the drilling and extraction of fossil fuel around the world. However, even though mankind has realized that fossil fuels hurt the environment and atmosphere they focus on the economic and political gain. The Energy Information Administration calculated that in 2007 the primary sources of energy was based on thirty-six percent of petroleum, twenty-seven was on coal, twenty-three percent on natural gas, which calculated to eighty-six percent for fossil fuels in primary energy consumption in the world during that year.