Energy from sources that can be regenerated or reused is called renewable energy.
Renewable energy is energy that can be replenished on a human timescale like hydro-electric power, solar energy and wind power. Geothermal energy is also considered renewable energy.
Every recursive function should have an exit criterion (=handling the base case) to exit the recursion.
Without it, it wil recurse forever, until system resources run out (typically the call stack will overflow and your program will crash).
I am not completely sure, but I believe that the leader of the Jamestown colony described in this paragraph is John Rolfe.
