Posts Tagged with "renewable"

Reference #338: Thinking in Systems

A system that draws from renewable resources is flow-limited. It can extract from a resource indefinitely but only at a flow rate equal to or less than the resource's regeneration rate.Read more →

Reference #339: Thinking in Systems

When a resource system is drawn from at a faster rate than it can sustain, it may or may not survive and rebuild itself. There are three possible outcomes:Read more →

Reference #340: Thinking in Systems

Renewable and non-renewable resource systems both limit a physical system from growing indefinitely. However, they apply different constraints. This is due to the difference between the systems' stocks and flows.Read more →