Non-Renewable Energy – Advantages and Disadvantages
The resources which have accumulated in nature over a long span of time and cannot be quickly replenished when exhausted are known as Non-renewable energy sources for e.g. Coal, Petroleum, Natural gas, nuclear fuels like uranium and thorium.
Advantages of Non-Renewable Energy
- Non-renewable sources of energy are cheaper and easy to use.
- Non-renewable sources release great amount of energy from small amount of resource use (uranium).
Disadvantages of Non-Renewable Energy
- Non-renewable sources of energy are limited and will end one day. Thus, their prices will keep rising and will not be accessible and available for everyone.
- Their use is not eco-friendly as they release toxic gases that are creating serious environmental changes.