(1) These activities not only include largely unrestrained nonrenewable resource development, but also the overharvesting of renewable resources more rapidly than they can be regenerated.(2) Trees take longer to mature for harvest, and petroleum is, of course, nonrenewable .(3) However, our primary source of energy - oil - is nonrenewable and exhaustible.(4) Peat is a nonrenewable , limited resource, used mainly by the nursery industry as a soiliess potting medium.(5) In that case, there will always be wars and suffering as one country increases its population and its energy requirements at the expense of the nonrenewable resources of another nation.(6) These hidden gardens, protected by a strong street-facing facade, are oases for the office workers, producing a tempered microclimate while minimizing use of nonrenewable energy in very hot climates.(7) Plastics are highly energy-intensive and composed mostly of nonrenewable fossil fuels whose supplies are expected to become increasingly limited.(8) In general, he completely neglects the operation of a freely floating price system, which is the only institution that can responsibly (and voluntarily) handle the problem of nonrenewable resources.(9) These materials are all nonrenewable , require vast amounts of energy to manufacture and recycle and are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.(10) What if the country decides it needs to charge royalties, as many countries do, for nonrenewable resources?
