Renewable resources are resources that are naturally replaced. Biomass, geothermal, solar, tidal, and wind are all renewable resources. Solar and wind energy are both examples of intermittent energy sources, meaning that they cannot always be relied on. Renewable energy accounts for approximately 6% of the world's energy supply.
Renewable energy resources have much smaller environmental impacts than their non-renewable resource counterparts. Most renewable resources contribute none, or very little, global warming emissions. Although some forms of renewable energy, geothermal and biomass, releases air pollutants, the amount of air pollutants released is far less than those of the fossil fuels. Less air and water pollution leads to better public health and a better environment for humans and other animals to live in.
Although renewable energy tends to have much smaller environmental impacts, aside from the construction of power plants, renewable resources are not used too much as a source for energy in the world due to inaccessibility and a lack of available technology to efficiently convert the renewable resource into usable energy. The government also tends to fund for nuclear energy projects much more because they see more potential in nuclear energy than they do in renewable resources. Many renewable resources also cannot be relied on all the time because they are not always around. For example, wind energy cannot be used if there is no wind during that time, and solar energy can only be used during the day, unless weather conditions are affecting the absorption of sunlight. Aside from all of these problems that renewable energy sources possess, some countries have begun investing more into these energy sources due to diminishing fuel to the earth's fossil fuel reserves and the various environmental impacts that fossil fuels possess.
Renewable resources have a larger reserve pool than non-renewable resources. However, not all of it can be utilized, unlike non-renewable resources. As a result, renewable energy is not used as much on a global scale. Even though renewable energy is not used too much on a global scale, it has grown increasingly popular on a domestic scale, especially solar energy and geothermal energy. Using renewable energy resources on a domestic scale has saved people up to 50% on their energy bills.
Renewable energy resources have much smaller environmental impacts than their non-renewable resource counterparts. Most renewable resources contribute none, or very little, global warming emissions. Although some forms of renewable energy, geothermal and biomass, releases air pollutants, the amount of air pollutants released is far less than those of the fossil fuels. Less air and water pollution leads to better public health and a better environment for humans and other animals to live in.
Although renewable energy tends to have much smaller environmental impacts, aside from the construction of power plants, renewable resources are not used too much as a source for energy in the world due to inaccessibility and a lack of available technology to efficiently convert the renewable resource into usable energy. The government also tends to fund for nuclear energy projects much more because they see more potential in nuclear energy than they do in renewable resources. Many renewable resources also cannot be relied on all the time because they are not always around. For example, wind energy cannot be used if there is no wind during that time, and solar energy can only be used during the day, unless weather conditions are affecting the absorption of sunlight. Aside from all of these problems that renewable energy sources possess, some countries have begun investing more into these energy sources due to diminishing fuel to the earth's fossil fuel reserves and the various environmental impacts that fossil fuels possess.
Renewable resources have a larger reserve pool than non-renewable resources. However, not all of it can be utilized, unlike non-renewable resources. As a result, renewable energy is not used as much on a global scale. Even though renewable energy is not used too much on a global scale, it has grown increasingly popular on a domestic scale, especially solar energy and geothermal energy. Using renewable energy resources on a domestic scale has saved people up to 50% on their energy bills.