Meanings of nonrenewable in English

Even energy-efficient trains use nonrenewable resources and produce their own carbon footprint.

Thus methane offers a way of avoiding the dilemma posed by nonrenewable resources.

In time, reserves of nonrenewable resources dropped from residue to gleanings.

The insatiable appetite for metals, minerals, rare earths and other nonrenewable substances increased inexorably.

These are finite and nonrenewable and dwindling in supply.

Consider UIPS limitations in nonrenewable metals, minerals and other vital reserves until Slingshot begins to produce.

The rate of depletion in the Solar Community's reserves of vital but nonrenewable substances rose rapidly.

An archaeological site is a nonrenewable cultural resource.

Net yields from nonrenewable reserves, residues and substitutes had dwindled until exhaustion was certain and a timeline predictable.

As a nonrenewable resource, phosphorus (P) is the second most important macronutrient for plant growth and nutrition.

Understanding this process is critical, as immune-mediated abnormality in nonrenewable CNS cells may result in long-term neurologic sequelae for HIV-infected individuals.

In parts of the High Plains, groundwater resources are being depleted so rapidly that they are considered nonrenewable, compromising food security.

Hydrogen is currently derived from nonrenewable natural gas and petroleum, but could in principle be generated from renewable resources such as biomass or water.

The monthly churn rate, measuring subscription cancellations and nonrenewable, rose to 1.3 percent from 1 percent a year earlier.

We must look forward to a time, he says, when all nonrenewable sources of energy on earth will be gone: oil, natural gas, uranium, coal.

Brazil's energy supply in 2008 was 36 percent renewable and 64 percent nonrenewable, according to statistics from oil producer BP.