Renewable
(adjective)
Sustainable; able to be regrown or renewed; having an ongoing or continuous source of supply; not finite.
Examples of Renewable in the following topics:
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Types of Natural Resources
- Renewable natural resources: these are resources that can be replenished.
- Examples of renewable resources include sunlight, air, and wind .
- A resource is considered to be non-renewable when their rate of consumption exceeds the rate of recovery.
- Examples of non-renewable natural resources are minerals and fossil fuels.
- Wind is an example of a renewable natural resource.
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Movement South and Westward
- When he was elected for a second term, Jackson opposed renewing the bank's charter, and Congress supported him.
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Economic Activities
- Other land resources are called "renewable. " A forest, fishery, herd of buffalo, whales, water quality and the like are renewable resources.
- Fish, whales and buffalo (and other wildlife) can be harvested and if a large enough population is left it will "renew" or replenish.
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Introduction to Ways of Knowing
- One explanation for a renewed interest in methodology in economics is that the basic processes created to explain the development of market systems and mature industrial economies may need to be adjusted if there are significant structural changes in the economy.
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Deregulating Transportation
- As Americans grew more concerned about inflation in the 1970s, regulation that reduced price competition came under renewed scrutiny.
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Monetary Policy and Fiscal Stabilization
- With its economy stagnant and interest rates near zero, many economists argued that the Japanese government had to resort to more aggressive fiscal policy, if necessary running up a sizable government deficit to spur renewed spending and economic growth.
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Evaluating the Recent United States Stimulus Package
- Secondary objectives were to provide temporary relief programs for those most impacted by the recession and invest in infrastructure, education, health, and renewable energy .
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The 1990s and Beyond
- And the Federal Reserve system continued to regulate the overall pace of economic activity, with a watchful eye for any signs of renewed inflation.
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Continuity and Change
- Indeed, government leaders showed a renewed commitment to market forces in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s by dismantling regulations that had sheltered airlines, railroads, trucking companies, banks, telephone monopolies, and even electric utilities from market competition.