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Natural resources - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Common advantages of renewable resources are: They are non-finite therefore can be used repeatedly (The sources which they get them from are non-finite but the actual products aren't), They are restively clean, apart from the processes involved in making them they virtually release no emissions after that.
    - - Common Problems with renewables include: Expensive up-front cost, There are co2 emissions involved in producing these 'clean energy resources', The depletion of rare materials needed to produce them (especially solar and wind), they usually depend on specific circumstances and climates e.g. sunlight for solar and water for Tidal and HEP , Large tracts of land are required to be devoted to them, they often decimate the local wildlife e.g. Wind turbines and birds, HEP and fish
- - - - Common advantage of Non-renewable sources include: They are a cheap and reliable means of producing large amounts of electricity that is reliable and does not depend on circumstances and climate e.g. you can take a car drive any time, the only things you need are fuel and a car, They are easily available and can be transported across large tracts of land, they are well more efficient than any of the most developed renewable sources In fact they are usually used to back up solar and wind when they can't meet production because they are unreliable.
    - - Common problems with non-renewable resources include: They are finite, therefore they will eventually run out depleting precious natural resources in the processes, they emit Co2, they are often relied by other by other countries resulting in one country having complete control on who receives it and the price.