Thursday, August 30, 2012

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

Basically, humans use lots of energy for heating, lighting, movement, machines, etc etc. That energy has to come from an energy source.  Some sources are renewable, some sources are non-renenwable.

Generally speaking, Non-renewable sources are fossil fuels. These come from underground and are Coal, Oil and Gas. There is a fixed amouint of coal oil and gas in the world and when we have used it all, there is no more. We cannot 're-new' them.

Renewable sources are energy sources that will not run out. They can be used 'forever'. They include Solar Energy; Wind Energy; Wave Energy; Geothermal energy.

Fossil Fuel cause lots of pollution. Renewable energy sources don't cause pollution.

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