Title: Contrast renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Course: Sustainability and Renewable Technologies (21053) > Section: Introducing Sustainability and Renewable Resources

Contrast should include

- defining renewable resources and nonrenewable resources
- distinguishing between examples of resources and the long-term/short-term benefits and true (i.e., full) cost
- describing the terms, illustrating the differences, and providing examples of each.

Some examples of renewable resources are water and fiber. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuel-based products, such as plastic.

Teacher Resources:

- Conservancy charts a solar showcase on the coalfields of Central Appalachia, (https://energynews.us/2021/05/12/conservancy-charts-a-solar-showcase-on-the-coalfields-of-central-appalachia/)
- MIT Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Database, (https://sequestration.mit.edu/)

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why are trees considered a renewable resource?
- What factors contribute to continued use of nonrenewable resources?
- How might a life-cycle cost analysis be applied when purchasing an automobile?
- How do renewable and nonrenewable energy sources compare with regards to pollution by-products, efficiency, and dollars invested per kilowatt hour?
- How have the nonrenewable fossil fuels been beneficial to humans in the last century while at the same time causing problems that may linger beyond this century?
- What are examples of emerging technologies in carbon sequestration that  often mimic photosynthesis?