{"id":5898,"date":"2021-01-09T19:31:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T19:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=5898"},"modified":"2021-01-10T00:40:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:40:35","slug":"what-is-non-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-non-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is non-renewable energy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5898\" class=\"elementor elementor-5898\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed5ac23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed5ac23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5918 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-non-renewable-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is non-renewable energy?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5917 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-coal\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is coal?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5916 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-petroleum\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is Petroleum?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5915 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-natural-gas\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is natural gas?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5914 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-propane\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is propane?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-5913 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-uranium\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is uranium?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e481802 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e481802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba968aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ba968aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4005663\" data-id=\"4005663\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5401ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5401ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is non-renewable energy?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-164c1e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"164c1e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Energy exists freely in nature. Some do exist infinitely (never run out, called\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">RENEWABLE<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">), and the rest have finite amounts (they took millions of years to form, and will run out one day, called\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NON-RENEWABLE<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Non-renewable energy is energy from fossil fuels such as coal, crude oil, natural gas, and uranium. Fossil fuels are mainly composed of carbon, formed 300 million years ago when the earth was a lot different in its landscape. Scientists believe that the earth had swampy forests and very shallow seas. That period is known as the\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Carboniferous Period.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fossil fuels are usually found in one location as their formation is from a similar process. Let us take a look at the diagram below to see how fossil fuels formed.<br \/><\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_6021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6021\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6021\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fossil-fuels-for-children.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of the formation of fossil fuels\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fossil-fuels-for-children.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fossil-fuels-for-children-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration of the formation of fossil fuels<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">1. Millions of years ago, dead sea organisms, plants, and animals settled on the ocean floor and inside porous rocks. This organic matter had stored energy in them as they used the sun&#8217;s energy to prepare foods (proteins) for themselves (photosynthesis).<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2. With time, sand, sediments, and impermeable rock settled on the organic matter, trapping its energy within the porous rock. That formed pockets of coal, oil, and natural gas.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">3. Earth movements and rock shifts create spaces that force to collect these energy types into well-defined areas. With the help of technology, engineers can drill down into the seabed to tap the stored energy. This stored energy is commonly known as crude oil.<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>The good thing is about fossil fuels is:<\/b><br \/><\/span>Unlike many renewable energy sources, fossil fuels are relatively less expensive to produce, hence its higher demand as it tends to cost less.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>The bad thing about fossil fuels is:<\/b><br \/><\/span>Fossil fuels are made up mainly of carbon. When burned (used), they produce carbon compounds (carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases) that hurt the environment in many ways. Air, water, and land pollution are all consequences of using fossil fuels.<\/li><\/ul><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Now we shall look at what each source of non-renewable energy is and how they are harnessed.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Note that not all non-renewable energy comes from fossil fuels. There is also uranium, which is not a fossil fuel.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a8eee\" data-id=\"31a8eee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18cc5a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"18cc5a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d876e7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d876e7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3aa826\" data-id=\"f3aa826\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cecaa1\" data-id=\"2cecaa1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0edaefe elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0edaefe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-coal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">NEXT PAGE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-renewable Energy What is non-renewable energy? What is coal? What is Petroleum? What is natural gas? What is propane? What is uranium? What is non-renewable energy? Energy exists freely in nature. 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