Renewable resources refer to any renewable energy source. These include heat, electricity, and water. One could think that these sources are unlimited, but that would be an error. Through our use of technology, we have depletes these natural resources gradually. One of the advantages of renewable energy is that it can be replenished relatively quickly.
A renewable resource, also called a circulation resource, is an energy resource that will replenish itself to replace the portion drained by use and consumption, both through natural reproduction or geological reproduction, in an finite amount of time at a human scale. Examples of renewable resources that replenish themselves include the ocean’s currents, the sun, and the wind. It may sound like we’re taking forever to replenish these energy resources. While it is true that the depletion process is gradual, it’s still much faster than what we’re currently doing.
The advantages of using renewable energy include the fact that it is clean, produces little to no greenhouse gas emissions, and doesn’t harm the planet in any way. Another advantage is that we can significantly decrease our dependence on nonrenewable energy resources. Most renewable energy systems require the use of some sort of fuel, usually a renewable energy source. However, because most fuels are nonrenewable, this isn’t a great concern for most people.
Most renewable sources also use agricultural and forestry practices. This is because it’s not practical for all people to produce their own food. One major advantage of an agricultural or forestry based renewable source of energy is that it can be mass produced to create electricity and other forms of energy. Another advantage of this type of renewable source of energy is that it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help protect the planet. One of the biggest barriers that exist with using renewable source of energy is the fact that it is more difficult to get the energy from these sources to be useful.
With solar energy, the main challenge is that most people don’t have access to large enough arrays of large enough solar panels to generate significant amounts of electricity. This is another issue that is being addressed by the development of new kinds of concentrating solar technologies. One of the main advantages of using renewable resources is that it allows us to save money by not having to pay for nonrenewable resources. Since we are able to produce and store energy, we don’t need to rely on foreign countries like China to provide us with their cheap, dangerous coal.
With the development of new technologies, we can make use of renewable technologies even while we continue to rely on fossil fuels. We can power our homes, cars, computers, and just about everything with electricity produced from renewable sources like wood. Even if we don’t have trees to burn, we can burn wood in our homes. If the use of wood in our home continues to grow, we will never run out of it. And since most fossil fuels are non-renewable, we will definitely be burning into our Earth’s atmosphere at some point.
Gordon Stewart 