Natural Resources

Resources – are what we require to live

Our resources are from the earth which is known as natural resources
Types of natural resources
1. Air
2. Water
3. Soil
4. Minerals
5. Metals
6. Energy
7. Animals
8. Plants

All of these are from our environment

These natural resources could be broken down to 2 types:
Renewable and non-renewable
Air is an example of renewable resources
Oil is an example of non-renewable resource
Natural resources are not uniformly distributed in our planet
Humans live where we could get as many resources we could find

More people means more resources are needed

Fossil fuels are driving the economy currently more specifically coal and oils
The benefit of coal and oil is that it is cheap
Energy was stored a long time ago and we are currently using it
This resource has its own cost.
1. It will not last forever
2. It has unintended consequences: burning fossil fuels causes a buildup of
greenhouse gases which in turn warms up the planet
Due to these consequences there is a switch from non-renewable to renewable
resource. It is driven by 2 things:
1. Technology – an example would be solar. A decade ago, solar energy was
expensive but as technology furthers, it has become cheaper.
2. Regulations – used to penalize the people who won’t follow the switch from non-
renewable to renewable
Humans get resources from Land, water, and air.

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