Have you ever heard the terms “Renewable Energy” and “Non-Renewable Energy?” What is renewable vs non-renewable energy? What does it mean to the billions of humans all around the world? To start, renewable energy are resources that can be used multiple times, replenished quickly, and never runs out or dies (Salata, 2015). Some examples of renewable energy are solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower. Non-renewable energy are resources that are used once and that is all, fossil fuel such as coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of non-renewable energy. Furthermore, it takes millions of years for the Earth to produce non-renewable energy, in addition, 87% of the worlds energy comes from nonrenewable sources (Renewable Fuels, 2008).
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With the demand for resources such as oil, it is faster and more cost efficient to drill for these non-renewable energies. In addition, oil drilling stimulates the economy (HRF). Another negative impact renewable energy has is renewable sources can be limited due to weather. For example, solar can be limited when there are clouds, wind power limited when there is low wind, and water/hydro limited when there are droughts (eia, 2017). With the demand for energy, having limited resources is not ideal for humans. Furthermore, another example is in the use of wind turbines to produce energy from the wind. Wind turbines require a lot of space which impacts land use and the wind turbines have been known to cause death to birds and bats (Union of Concerned Scientists, n.d.). Additionally, hydropower, which uses water such as oceans and dams to generate power. Has increased risk of flooding areas, for example, there were three floods in China where at least a million-people died because of the dam (Lerner, 2014). Although there are negative impacts from renewable energies, the positives out weigh the
With the demand for resources such as oil, it is faster and more cost efficient to drill for these non-renewable energies. In addition, oil drilling stimulates the economy (HRF). Another negative impact renewable energy has is renewable sources can be limited due to weather. For example, solar can be limited when there are clouds, wind power limited when there is low wind, and water/hydro limited when there are droughts (eia, 2017). With the demand for energy, having limited resources is not ideal for humans. Furthermore, another example is in the use of wind turbines to produce energy from the wind. Wind turbines require a lot of space which impacts land use and the wind turbines have been known to cause death to birds and bats (Union of Concerned Scientists, n.d.). Additionally, hydropower, which uses water such as oceans and dams to generate power. Has increased risk of flooding areas, for example, there were three floods in China where at least a million-people died because of the dam (Lerner, 2014). Although there are negative impacts from renewable energies, the positives out weigh the