The wind, which allows obtaining wind energy, is part of the renewable resources.
Renewable resources are natural assets that can be restored through natural mechanisms, their recovery being faster than the rate of consumption by humans. This means that a renewable resource is not exhausted , since nature is responsible for regenerating it quickly.
It should be noted that resource is a concept with several meanings. It can be something that is useful to achieve an objective or a good that allows subsistence. Renewable , for its part, is the adjective that qualifies what is susceptible to renewal.
Renewable resources and energy
An example of a renewable resource is wind . It doesn't matter that industries use wind to generate energy (so-called wind energy ): by natural action, there will always be wind. The same happens with the sun's rays or the energy obtained from water currents. These types of energy that are obtained from renewable resources are called renewable energies .
Within this group we also find geothermal energy , that is, energy that is based on the use of the heat present in the interior of the planet . It is a product that arises as a result of radioactive elements degrading; It is correct to compare its magnitude with that of solar energy. Biofuels are another type of renewable energy, and serve to replace unsustainable products (certain seed oils can replace diesel, for example).
Oil is not a renewable resource since the rate of extraction will lead to its depletion.
Regeneration capacity
Non-renewable resources , on the other hand, can be depleted since their regeneration is not fast. Its exploitation, in this way, is not sustainable in the long term. Among non-renewable resources, oil can be mentioned.
Some resources are only renewable if their management is rational. Wood can be a renewable resource as long as trees are felled at a rate below the level of reforestation . While on the one hand trees are cut down, on the other hand new specimens are planted: in this way there will always be trees available for obtaining wood.
Any product, such as chemicals or food, that is obtained from cautious practice can be considered a renewable resource as long as certain requirements are met at each phase of its development, which also include transportation and maintenance of the necessary equipment.
Water is another material that we can find on our planet and that can be considered a renewable resource if it is used in a measured and responsible way. Let us not forget that the soil needs water to keep all the microorganisms that make it up alive and to hydrate the plants, which is why extracting this material without any type of control could end up destroying the balance of a region , generating many more damages than the mere absence of water.
The efforts of certain groups to raise awareness among the population about the importance of renewable resources are relatively recent, as are the movements against tobacco and environmental pollution; Human beings have spent too much time unconcerned about the consequences that their actions had on the Earth and today we face many of them.