depletable
adjective
uk/dɪˈpliː.tə.bəl/us/dɪˈpliː.t̬ə.bəl/A depletableresource(= somethingusefulorvaluable)is nolongeravailablewhenpeoplehave used it, or cannot beproducedasquicklyas it is used:
Hisgoalis to make thestatelessdependentonoil,coal, and other depletableresources.
Opposite
non-depletable
- Depletion of depletablefixedassetssuch asoilreserves,forests, ormineralextractionrightsisequivalenttodepreciationofcashassets.
- Thelanditself is therenewableresourceratherthan theoilandgasinside it, which is depletable.
Environmental issues
- agroecology
- air pollution
- anti-conservation
- anti-conservationist
- anti-consumer
- biodegradable
- carbon neutral
- feed-in tariff
- food insecure
- food insecurity
- food secure
- food security
- noise pollution
- nuclear winter
- populate
- sustainably
- tidal power
- tree hugger
- ULEZ
- ultra-efficient