What is the difference between renewable energy and non renewable energy?

Renewable energy is energy obtained from sources that can be renewed. Wind, sunshine and water power are the most common.

Non-Renewable energy is energy obtained from sources that cannot be renewed. Examples of these are fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.

A:You can use renewable energy resources for ever, they never run out! Just like solar energy because the earth will keep on having sunlight from the sun. Non renewable energy resources like coal, oil and gas (fossil fuels) if used too much they will run out which is exactly what is happening today. We have 2 options- find a new energy resource or use the fossil fuels slower than we are now. A:Renewable energy is energy from which its source is constantly getting replenished and hence will not run out. Example hydro-electricity.

Non-renewable energy is energy from a source which only has a limited supply. Example fossil fuels.

A:The main difference between renewable and non-renewable energy is that renewable energy doesn't run out. Solar power energy is an example of a renewable energy resource. Non-renewable energy will eventually run out. Learn more about solar renewable energy at the link below. A:Renewable energy is energy generated from Natural Resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). In 2006, about 18% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional biomass, such as wood-burning. Hydroelectricity was the next largest renewable source, providing 3% of global energy consumption and 15% of global electricity generation.

Non-renewable energy is energy, taken from "finite resources that will eventually dwindle, becoming too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve", as opposed to renewable energy sources , which "are naturally replenished in a relatively short period of time.

• Fossil fuels:
  • Various types of coal are mined, such as anthracite, bituminous coal, and lignite.
  • Petroleum forms the basis for heating oil, diesel fuel, and gasoline.
  • Natural gas is commonly also referred to just as gas. It is mostly methane, and most of the additional material is removed before use as a fuel.
• Nuclear energy fuel for fission is mined as Uranium ore.
• Propane gas is used from manufacturing and heating and makes up 1.7% of the U.S.'s energy consumption.

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When a non-renewable fuel is used it is gone, it cannot be renewed or replaced once used, like coal and oil. Fossil fuels cannot be replaced, as they took millions of years to be formed. At least, they cannot be replaced within the lifetime of the human race. Who knows who will be living on earth in 100 million years time? A renewable fuel can be replaced. This would include biomass, you crop it and next year you grow another crop.

A renewable source is one that can be used over and over without running out. This includes wind, tidal, solar, geothermal. Also biomass so long as you re-plant as much as you burn. Hydro power is also renewable, because the rain keeps falling.

non renewable can't be made again for at least a few millions of years, renewable energy e.g. alcohol can be made on the spot. That's why the government doesn't want to get to concentrated on non renewable energy sources, because it could quickly run out.

If you knew your prefixes....you would already have your answer

First of all, we all know renewable means recyclable. Non- Renewable is the opposite. Once the non-renewable resources are gone, they're gone. But with renewable products, We can use them over and over and over.

When a non-renewable fuel is used it is gone, it cannot be renewed or replaced once used, like coal and oil. Fossil fuels cannot be replaced, as they took millions of years to be formed. At least, they cannot be replaced within the lifetime of the human race. Who knows who will be living on earth in 100 million years time? A renewable fuel can be replaced. This would include biomass, you crop it and next year you grow another crop. A renewable source is one that can be used over and over without running out. This includes wind, tidal, solar, geothermal. Also biomass so long as you re-plant as much as you burn. Hydro power is also renewable, because the rain keeps falling.

Renewable energy sources are sources that will not run out. For example using vegetable oil as a car fuel instead of diesel. The sunflowers or the oil seed plants that produce the oil can be grown again and again and again. The diesel, on the other hand, is produced from crude oil which cannot be made again and will run out as stocks are used up. This means diesel oil is a non-renewable energy source.

Another example is wind turbines (renewable) and electricity from a coal-fired power station. The wind will not suddenly stop because we have used it all up, like the coal. Wind will always be there to drive the turbine and produce energy to light people's homes. Basically what it all comes down to is that a renewable source of energy can be used time and time again but a non-renewable will eventually run out as when all the crude oil is pumped out of the ground.

Non-renewable sources of energy cannot be replaced or regrown after they have died or been used up, such as oil, coal and natural gas (all made from dead animal and vegetation matter from millions of years ago.)