renewable resources

They are those resources that are not depleted with their use, since they return to their original state or are regenerated at a rate greater than that at which the resources decrease through their use.[4]​ This means that certain renewable resources may cease to be renewable if their utilization rate is so high that it prevents their renewal. In this sense, rational and intelligent use must be made to allow the sustainability of said resources. Within this category of renewable resources we find water and biomass (every living being).

Some are: wind, solar radiation, hydraulic energy, geothermal energy, wood, and agricultural products such as cereals, fruit trees, tubers, vegetables, waste from agricultural activities, among others. (A renewable resource is a natural resource that can be restored by natural processes at a rate greater than that of consumption by human beings. Solar radiation, tides, wind and hydroelectric energy are perpetual resources that are not in danger of being depleted in the long term. term).

Non-renewable resources

Non-renewable resources are natural resources that cannot be produced, cultivated, regenerated or reused at a scale that can sustain their rate of consumption.[5] These resources often exist in fixed quantities since nature cannot recreate them in short geological periods.

The contingents of resources that can be profitably extracted are called reserves. The economic (monetary) value depends on its scarcity and demand and is the issue that worries the economy. Their usefulness as resources depends on their applicability, but also on the economic cost and energy cost of their location and exploitation.

Some of the non-renewable resources are: coal, oil, minerals, metals, natural gas and groundwater deposits, in the case of confined aquifers without recharge.

The accounting of reserves produces many disputes, with the most optimistic estimates on the part of companies, and the most pessimistic on the part of environmental groups and academic scientists. Where the confrontation is most visible is in the field of hydrocarbon reserves. Here the former tend to present as reserves all the known deposits plus those they expect to find. The latter emphasize the increasing monetary cost of exploration and extraction, with only one new barrel found for every four consumed, and the increasing thermodynamic (energy) cost, which decreases the average use value of new finds.

renewable resources

They are those resources that are not depleted with their use, since they return to their original state or are regenerated at a rate greater than that at which the resources decrease through their use.[4]​ This means that certain renewable resources may cease to be renewable if their utilization rate is so high that it prevents their renewal. In this sense, rational and intelligent use must be made to allow the sustainability of said resources. Within this category of renewable resources we find water and biomass (every living being).

Some are: wind, solar radiation, hydraulic energy, geothermal energy, wood, and agricultural products such as cereals, fruit trees, tubers, vegetables, waste from agricultural activities, among others. (A renewable resource is a natural resource that can be restored by natural processes at a rate greater than that of consumption by human beings. Solar radiation, tides, wind and hydroelectric energy are perpetual resources that are not in danger of being depleted in the long term. term).

Non-renewable resources

Non-renewable resources are natural resources that cannot be produced, cultivated, regenerated or reused at a scale that can sustain their rate of consumption.[5] These resources often exist in fixed quantities since nature cannot recreate them in short geological periods.

The contingents of resources that can be profitably extracted are called reserves. The economic (monetary) value depends on its scarcity and demand and is the issue that worries the economy. Their usefulness as resources depends on their applicability, but also on the economic cost and energy cost of their location and exploitation.

Some of the non-renewable resources are: coal, oil, minerals, metals, natural gas and groundwater deposits, in the case of confined aquifers without recharge.

The accounting of reserves produces many disputes, with the most optimistic estimates on the part of companies, and the most pessimistic on the part of environmental groups and academic scientists. Where the confrontation is most visible is in the field of hydrocarbon reserves. Here the former tend to present as reserves all the known deposits plus those they expect to find. The latter emphasize the increasing monetary cost of exploration and extraction, with only one new barrel found for every four consumed, and the increasing thermodynamic (energy) cost, which decreases the average use value of new finds.