Nonrenewable Resources

Resources that cannot

be replaced in our
lifetime and will
eventually run out.
Renewable Resources
Resources that can be

replaced over a logical
period of time, or will
never run out.
Wind Energy (Renewable)
Electrical energy generated by

wind turning wind turbines.
Disadvantages:
•Only can go in
Advantages:
places with a lot of
•It’s free
wind
•No greenhouse
•You need a lot of
gases produced
turbines to make
electricity
Hydropower (Renewable)
Energy generated by tides,
waves, and dams.
Advantages: Disadvantages:
•It’s free •Dams are expensive
•No greenhouse •Affects nearby
gases produced wildlife
•No rain = no
electricity
 Fossil Fuels (Nonrenewable)
 Fuels found in the ground such as oil,
natural gas, and coal. Will eventually
run out.
Disadvantages:
•Produces greenhouse
Advantages: gases such as CO2
•Can be found in a lot (Carbon Dioxide)
of place in the world •Coal mines and Oil rigs
•Easy to transport are dangerous and
•Cheap harmful to the
environment
Solar Energy (Renewable)
 Energy generated using solar panels
to convert light and heat into
electricity.
Disadvantages:
Advantages: •Expensive to build
•It’s free solar stations
•No greenhouse •Cloudy or night time
gases produced there is no energy
•They are ugly
Geothermal Energy (Renewable)

Energy from heat inside the

Earth Disadvantages:
Advantages: •Not very many
•It’s free places to build
•No greenhouse geothermal stations
gases produced •Harmful gases and
materials sometimes
come up.
Biomass Energy (Renewable)
From plants, which includes firewood
from trees, ethanol from corn, and
biodiesel from vegetable oil
Disadvantages:
Advantages: •Produces
•It’s cheap and from greenhouse gases
things that we usually such carbon dioxide
throw away •There is not enough
•Should not run out space to grow
biomass fuel
Nuclear Energy (Nonrenewable)
 Energy from heat produced when splitting a
Uranium atom through a process called nuclear
fission.
Advantages: Disadvantages:
•No harmful •Waste is Radioactive
greenhouse gases •Uranium will run out
•A small amount of in about 50 years with
Uranium produces a our current use.
lot of energy