Monday, November 17

Renewable and Non-renewable Resources

Renewable natural resources

Examples: water or solar energy.

Non-renewable natural resources

  • Not available (for practical purposes) once they are used.
  • Supply is perfectly elastic (horizontal)
  • Quantity supplied is determined by demand
  • Current price = Present value of the next period’s expected price, expected to increase at a rate equal to the interest rate essentially.
  • Technological changes and political uncertainties are some of the many factors that make forecasting price changes difficult.

Examples: natural gas, oil, and coal.

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