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A coal mine in Wyoming, United States. Coal, produced over millions of years, is a finite and non-renewable resource on a human time scale.. A non-renewable resource (also called a finite resource) is a natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption. [1]
Non-renewable resource companies are those which collect and distribute non-renewable resources, typically through mining or drilling activities. ...
Non-renewable resource companies by year of establishment; Subcategories. This category has the following 164 subcategories, out of 164 total. 0–9 ...
Sustainable yield is the amount of a resource that humans can harvest without over-harvesting or damaging a potentially renewable resource. [1]In more formal terms, the sustainable yield of natural capital is the ecological yield that can be extracted without reducing the base of capital itself, i.e. the surplus required to maintain ecosystem services at the same or increasing level over time. [2]
Pages in category "Non-renewable resources" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Natural resources are resources that exist without actions of humankind; this includes characteristics such as magnetic, gravitational, and electrical properties and forces. Resources may be classified as renewable or nonrenewable .
Hotelling's rule is a 1938 economic model of non-renewable resource management by Harold Hotelling. It shows that efficient exploitation of a nonrenewable and nonaugmentable resource would, under otherwise stable economic conditions, lead to a depletion of the resource.
Hubbert peak can be used as a metric for sustainability and depletion of non-renewable resources. It can be used as reference for many metrics for non-renewable resources such as: [53] Stagnating supplies; Rising prices; Individual country peaks; Decreasing discoveries; Finding and development costs; Spare capacity; Export capabilities of ...