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11-20 of 20 for the Category : Energy and the Subcategory : FuelsEnvironmental Goods & Services
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Also known as Green Industries, the Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) sector comprises the set of companies which provide products and services to measure, prevent, reduce or reverse damage to the natural environment and the depletion or pol
Read more about Environmental Goods & ServicesFossil Fuels
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Fossil fuels are non-renewable (limited) natural resources, which means that one day they will run out and alternative energy sources will have to be found for them. They include crude oil, coal, gas or heavy oils, which are made up of partially or c
Read more about Fossil FuelsGreenwash
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Greenwash is not a new concept. The term emerged from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and it entered the Concise Oxford Dictionary in 1999.
Read more about GreenwashNatural Resources
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‘Natural resources’ is the term used to describe the basic materials and resources that are produced through the earth’s own inherent natural processes and systems.
Read more about Natural ResourcesNon-Renewable Resources
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Non-renewable resources are environmental resources that cannot be replenished. Once they have been used up, there will be no more. Most non-renewable resources are minerals, which are mined, for example, gold, iron ore, titanium.
Read more about Non-Renewable ResourcesOil Peak
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Oil is the quintessential commodity in the modern industrial economy. Although the industrial revolution was initially powered by coal, since the first commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859 oil has gained increasing prominence a
Read more about Oil PeakPlutonium
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Plutonium is a heavy metal not found in nature because it undergoes radioactive decay over a period of time, and millions of years ago all the plutonium in the Earth’s crust had already disappeared due to the steady radioactive decay.
Read more about PlutoniumRenewable Resources
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These are environmental resources that are continuously renewing themselves. For example, energy that is harnessed from the sun, wind and waves is renewable.
Read more about Renewable ResourcesSynthetic Fuels
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South Africa’s example of synthetic fuels is the petroleum products produced by Sasol at Sasolburg. The process started by converting coal into petrol and diesel using readily available low-grade coal.
Read more about Synthetic FuelsUsed Oil
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In South Africa, about 82 million litres of used oil is collected per annum. Unless recovered, this used oil poses a serious hazard to the environment and to the country's groundwater resources in particular.
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