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Classification of natural resources
main: Mineral resource classification Natural resources are mostly classified into renewable and non-renewable resources.
Renewable resources
main: Renewable resources
Renewable resources are generally living resources (fish, coffee, and forests, for example), which can restock (renew) themselves if they are not over-harvested but used sustainably. Once renewable resources are consumed at a rate that exceeds their natural rate of replacement, the standing stock (see renewable energy) will diminish and eventually run out. The rate of sustainable use of a renewable resource is determined by the replacement rate and amount of standing stock of that particular resource. Non-living renewable natural resources include soil and water.
Flow renewable resources are very much like renewable resources, only they do not need regeneration, unlike renewable resources. Flow renewable resources include renewable energy sources such as the following renewable power sources: solar, geothermal, biomass, landfill gas, tides and wind.
Resources can also be classified on the basis of their origin as biotic and abiotic. Biotic resources are derived from living organisms. Abiotic resources are derived from the non-living world (e.g., land, water, and air). Mineral and power resources are also abiotic resources some of which are derived from nature.
Non-renewable resources
main: Non-renewable resources
A non-renewable resource is a natural resource that exists in a fixed amount that cannot be re-made, re-grown or regenerated as fast as it is consumed and used up.
Some non-renewable resources can be renewable but take an extremely long time to renew. Fossil fuels, for example, take millions of years to form and so are not practically considered 'renewable'. Many environmentalists proposed to tax on consumption of non renewable resources.
Resource complexity
Many natural resources serve multiple values. For example, a whale may be consumed as food or enjoyed by ecotourists as a source of sightseeing. Many of the most contentious issues surrounding natural resources arise because different values of a resource conflict with each other. A prominent example of this includes the debate over the best use of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil exploration or wildness preservation. Because natural resources serve multiple values, we often find that when society's values change, the rules governing resources often favor the resource's historic users and work to the detriment of those demanding change.
Natural capital
main: Natural capital
Natural resources are natural capital converted to commodity inputs to infrastructural capital processes. They include soil, timber, oil, minerals, and other goods taken more or less from the Earth. Both extraction of the basic resource and refining it into a purer, directly usable form, (e.g., metals, refined oils) are generally considered natural-resource activities, even though the latter may not necessarily occur near the former.
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Natural gas should be plentiful, costs steady
El Paso TimesWASHINGTON -- Despite supply interruptions caused by Hurricane Gustav, plenty of natural gas should be available for heating this winter and prices are likely tohttp://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_10623519?source=rssAHBRF: Kemerkol Oil and Natural Gas Contract in Kazakhstan Reinstated
NasdaqAlhambra Resources Ltd. (AHBRF) announced that as a result of litigation in the Republic of Kazakhstan to which Alhambra was not a party, legal title to the Kemerkol subsoil oil and natural gas contract no. 1580 has been reinstated to Saga Creek Gold Company LLP, Alhambra's wholly owned subsidiary in the Republic of Kazakhstan.http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081...Natural gas plentiful, but Vectren customers likely to feel pinch
Evansville Courier & PressWASHINGTON — Despite predictions by natural gas producers of plentiful supplies this winter and projections that prices should be similar to last year's, Vectren Corp. is sticking by its assessment that customers' winter gas bills will be higher in the coming months.http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/oct/02/natural-gas-ple...Producers: Natural gas plentiful for winter
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AP via Yahoo! Finance The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources has extended the public comment period on the draft air quality permit for the proposed Hyperion Resources oil refinery in southeast South Dakota.http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081002/sd_hyperion_air_permit.html?....News about Natural Resources
Palin-backed wilderness road passes Senate panel
Kansas City StarPalin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, initially supported the bridge but later killed it.The bill approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Thursday sets up a land swap.
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