Renewable Energy, Non Renewable Energy, and the environment?

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ElleryAllison

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How does it help out the environment if we conserve energy?
Doesn't most energy come from the wind, water, and sun?
I'm assuming since there is a thing as Renewable Energy there is such a thing as Non Renewable Energy, which I am also guessing has to do with the use of Finite Resources, but could someone elaborate on that for me, like specifically what is non renewable energy and how is it created/used?
Sorry if I am asking stupid questions but I'm just a kid.
 
It says the environment because right now, we use energy sources that are very combustible. This means when we use them, they pollute the enviroment horribly.

Yes. These sources are called wind power, hydro power, and solar power. We get energy from wind and hydro from the two forces moving a generator that makes energy we can use for our daily purposes. Solar energy is utilized by thermal energy when the panels hit the sun. There is also a large number of people who get their energy from nuclear power as well.

There is. Such sources include coal, oil and other combustible sources. A non-renewable energy source is defined by it not being able to re-generate.

A non-renewable energy source is like giving a man a fish, it will only last for so long. A renewable source, however, would be similar to teaching the man to fish so the man has fish forever.

I hope this helps
 
Most all energy comes from the sun, it is just you must wait a long time for the sun made resources to build up, like the fossil fuels from dinosaur times. So when we burn fossil fuels they are depleted faster than created. We do continue to find them from exploration. Wind and hydroelectric is also from the sun.

The orbit of Earth and the moon and sun contribute to tides. Energy can be extracted here.

The remainder of the energy comes from minerals, either heat drawn from beneath the earth's surface, or some highly refined minerals react and heat up (uranium). There is only so much heat that can be drawn from the earth too, a geothermal power plant essentially cools the earth, it takes a short period of time for it to heat back up, but it limits how big the power plant can be. Also, uranium is very dilute in Earth and requires processing much rock, about the same volume needed for an equivalent sized coal power plant. Processing uranium into plutonium agruably can make the nuclear fuel cycle essentially an indefinite supply of energy, but requires some maturity in the human race not yet demonstrated (da bomb).

It does not matter if you are electric or gasoline, both are energy forms that could either be renewable or non-renewable, ask your utility, the grudgingly give out this info.

Please conserve, I will do my part, you do yours.
 
Most all energy comes from the sun, it is just you must wait a long time for the sun made resources to build up, like the fossil fuels from dinosaur times. So when we burn fossil fuels they are depleted faster than created. We do continue to find them from exploration. Wind and hydroelectric is also from the sun.

The orbit of Earth and the moon and sun contribute to tides. Energy can be extracted here.

The remainder of the energy comes from minerals, either heat drawn from beneath the earth's surface, or some highly refined minerals react and heat up (uranium). There is only so much heat that can be drawn from the earth too, a geothermal power plant essentially cools the earth, it takes a short period of time for it to heat back up, but it limits how big the power plant can be. Also, uranium is very dilute in Earth and requires processing much rock, about the same volume needed for an equivalent sized coal power plant. Processing uranium into plutonium agruably can make the nuclear fuel cycle essentially an indefinite supply of energy, but requires some maturity in the human race not yet demonstrated (da bomb).

It does not matter if you are electric or gasoline, both are energy forms that could either be renewable or non-renewable, ask your utility, the grudgingly give out this info.

Please conserve, I will do my part, you do yours.
 
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