Consumptive resources are resources that are unable to be renewed or take a long period of time to do so. Non consumptive resources are resources like solar energy that don't use up any resources.
An energy resource like coal, oil or natural gas is called non-renewable because it does not renew itself every day like wind power or sunlight. We burn oil, and it is finished. Gone. After that we...
A renewable resource that is being consumed at the same or lesser rate than it is being created. Sunlight is an example. A non-renewable resource is a resource that is not being created as fast as it...