Adams 13 January 2015 Different Resources: Benefits and Drawbacks There are many resources in the world used by the people of this world. The resources people use are called natural resources. All of these different resources have different uses and are used in different places in the world, but all of them are used to power inventions humans have made. Therefore, important resources are separated into two different categories: nonrenewable resources- resources humans use faster than they can
Fossil Fuels Fossil fuels is a nonrenewable resource found in many different locations such as Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Darussalam , Trinidad and Tobago, Bahrain, Algeria and Libya. They are formed from the remains of fossil plant and animal life. We use fossil fuels to power our cars and airplanes, medicine, makeup, and to run many different types of appliances. Many products that are used everyday wouldn’t be available without the oil and gas extracted and processed from fossil
concerns on how to make the world a better place to live. One of the biggest issues is our energy and power resources. Green energy is renewable energy that is environmental friendly, and forms of green energy include geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind energy. Nonrenewable resources, as the name implies, are resources for which there is a limited supply, and forms of nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Much of our world is using fossil fuels, but in the process of achieving
Renewable vs Nonrenewable Resources The United States has 4% of the world's people, but as a country consumes 25% of the world's oil. The U.S. and Western Europe are obsessed with a standard of living that is reliant on energy consumption maintained by the burning of fossil fuels. These nonrenewable resources continue to be depleted, despite the fact that solar power, wind power, hydropower, biomass, and many other renewable resources are available and accessible. The switch to these renewables
hundred years, scientists predict planet Earth will meet its demise if humans fail to change their methods of energy consumption (Stehr). Right now, 192 out of 195 countries are using nonrenewable resources as their main source of energy (Shahan). The problem with this is that coal and oil are nonrenewable resources meaning once they are gone, they do not get replenished. These fossil fuels also emit high concentrations of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere when burned and expended. Not only does
sectors, it has forced us focus on achieving continuous supply without harming the environment. These problems just did come out of nowhere. The have been around for thousands of year, maybe more. The most recent problem has been the use of nonrenewable resources, which is harmful to the environment. Society today is facing the peak of oil and gas. As well as, fossil fuel still being the main source of energy, which may be exhausted in a few hundred year. We need change in our sources of energy, which
My artifact was a flip project designed for students so that they could learn about nonrenewable resources and how their uses affect the environment. This flip went along with the Illinois Learning Standard for Science 4-ESS3-1, “To obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resource and their uses affect the environment.” I completed this artifact in August of 2014. I did a SMARTBoard lesson flip project and recorded it in a video so that students
The Risks of Renewable and Non-Renewable Resource Utilization This world is a marvelous, unique, naturally rich place. By naturally rich, one can mean anything from a variety of fauna and flora, and a multitude of minerals and fossil fuels. Furthermore, to add to the incredible nature of this planet, one can utilize most of these resources for purposes that can only enrich human existence. Yet these resources, whether renewable or non-renewable, will truly be finite quite soon if certain mechanisms
As the world population, the use of nonrenewable resources, and development of industrial technology continues to grow, the more harmful air pollution gets. Air pollution is caused by all of these factors, and more. While fossil fuel sources continue to diminish, there is an increasing interest in the use of renewable technologies, such as the air, water, and sun. China is one of the many countries in the world suffering from air pollution due to household and industrial use of fossil fuels and a
These are just a few examples of how the extraction process of certain nonrenewable resources can impact the environment. However, this negative impact does not stop there. The factories and refineries involved in the production stage emit an astounding amount of pollution. They are one of the major contributors of greenhouse gases. However, these pollutants are also able to dissolve in lakes, rivers, oceans, and even in rain. Once in our water system, they are then able to propagate throughout the