We fear the breakdown of the electric grid, the end of non-renewable resources, the expansion of deserts, the loss of islands, and the pollution of our air and water.

我们担心电网会崩溃、不可再生资源会枯竭、沙漠会扩张、岛屿会消失、空气和水会受到污染。

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Traditional energy resources are non-renewable, which means that the world will eventually run out of them.

传统能源是不可再生的，这意味着世界上的传统能源最终会消耗殆尽。

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In some respects, the natural world is already central to our concerns as renewable and non-renewable resources are depleted, ecosystems are degraded and the climate's stability is threatened.

在某些方面自然已经成为我们关注的中心因为我们消耗了可再生和不可再生资源破坏了生态系统威胁了气候的稳定性。

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The company says its goal is to generate electricity from natural,non-edible, renewable and sustainable resources indigenous to West Africa with projects that focus on reducing the emission of greenhouse gases.

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There are strong arguments in favour of special taxes where economic rents exist, as is usually the case with non-renewable resources.

ECONOMIST: Tax and smoke

He says this will create regional jobs, increase resource security, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, increase material efficiency and prevent carbon emissions and industrial waste - all on a big scale.

BBC: Savings needed to meet future demand for resources

We should impose significant taxes on all uses of non-renewable natural resources, especially those in short supply.

ECONOMIST: Change of environment