We extract 60 billion tons of renewable and nonrenewable resources from the planet every year — twice as much as in 1980.

我们从全球每年提取六百亿吨可持续和不可持续资源 —— 是 1980 年消耗量的两倍。

" Nonrenewable resources" are things that you cannot make more of – that we cannot make more of.

“不可再生资源”是你无法制造更多的东西——我们也无法制造更多。

Since we can't make oil, this is a nonrenewable resource.

因为我们不能生产石油，所以这是一种不可再生的资源。

Alternative energy is an alternative to energy that is " derived, " or made from, nonrenewable resources.

替代能源是“衍生”或由不可再生资源制成的能源替代品。

These types of alternative energy are more environmentally friendly than energy made from nonrenewable resources.

这些类型的替代能源比由不可再生资源制成的能源更环保。

That means a ton of plastic, leather, and synthetic leathers, materials that rely heavily on nonrenewable, nonbiodegradable resources.

这意味着大量的塑料、皮革和合成皮革，这些材料严重依赖不可再生、不可生物降解的资源。

It's one that moves away from the exploitation of nonrenewable resources to working with the original, renewable life.

这是一种从开发不可再生资源转向处理原始的可再生生命的方法。

While the plastics century brought convenience and cost-effectiveness, it also created staggering environmental problems. Many plastics are made of nonrenewable resources.

虽然塑料世纪带来了便利和成本效益， 但它也带来了惊人的环境问题。 许多塑料是由不可再生资源制成的。

As indicated earlier, GNP includes loss in value of factories and equipment, but it does not take into account the loss of natural resources, including nonrenewable resources, such as oil, or renewable resources, such as forests.

像之前预测的一样，GNP包括工厂和设备的损失价值，但是它没有算上自然资源的损失，包括不可再生资源，比如油，或者可再生资源，比如森林。

Human resources are people and the skills they have. This also includes the knowledge and information that humans have. People make products using renewable and nonrenewable resources. Machines are often used to produce goods.

人力资源是指人和人所拥有的技术，以及人所掌握的知识和信息。人类利用可再生资源和不可再生资源生产产品，在这个过程中通常会用到机器。

Because the accumulation rate is so slow--- millions of times slower than the rate at which we now dig up this organic matter and burn it for energy--- we must consider fossil fuels as nonrenewable resources.

由于积累速度如此之慢——比我们现在挖掘这种有机物质并将其燃烧以获取能量的速度慢数百万倍——我们必须将化石燃料视为不可再生资源。