Which example describes a non–renewable resource?

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Everyone in our neighborhood uses solar panels to generate electricity to run their pool pumps.

Once up and running, the power plant will convert the energy from tides and waves into electricity.

There is a long stretch of land in the desert with many windmills that are able to generate enough electricity to run the town.

There are drilling platforms all along the coast that are used to drill for natural gas that can be used to generate electricity.

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The example that describes a non-renewable resource is:

"There are drilling platforms all along the coast that are used to drill for natural gas that can be used to generate electricity."

Natural gas is considered a non-renewable resource because it is formed over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals, and once extracted and used, it cannot be replenished on a human time scale.