Renewable resources consist of energy sources like, wind, solar, geothermal, and tidal. These sources are not reduced significantly by their usage. Those energy resources are readily accessible, though reliance upon nonrenewables keeps us from transitioning to those more practical energy sources. As we pass the peak energy realities of nonrenewable energy sources like oil and coal, we see more and more of a need to make that transition to avoid a collapse. The peak of finite resources is the top production or discovery level of those resources, where they enter a decline, but consumption sadly continues on, often continuing it's increase.
In contrast, nonrenewable resources like oil, coal, and natural gas take such a significant amount of time to produce that there is no practical replenishment without our lifetime. Even obvious limitations on clean water for consumption can make that resource's limitations nearly nonrenewable. If we use all that there is available, that resources can be considered depleted. Those resources take significant time to replenish, so our reliance and usage must be responsible.
Peak Oil
Life After the Oil Crash
We consume four times as much oil as we discover today. At that rate, we will most certainly run out of oil eventually, most likely in a few generations at most.
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