<span>If you place a cucumber in distilled water, it would eventually wither and die, because distilled water has none of the solvents that the cucumber needs to fuel its cells.</span>
A nonrenewable resource is a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption. Most fossil fuels, such as oil, natural gas and coal are considered nonrenewable resources in that their use is not sustainable because their formation takes billions of years.
