Assertion: peat | /r/HasProperty | renewable
Facets:
value: slowly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Some people consider peat to be non-renewable because it accumulates very slowly – a millimeter a year.
text: If carefully harvested from live peat bogs, peat is a renewable resource and can be classified as a 'slowly renewable biofuel'.
text: The main claim leveled is that peat is a 'non-renewable' like oil.
text: However, on a sufficiently long time scale (upwards of hundreds of years) peat can be considered a renewable resource, hence one can argue that burning peat does not contribute to global warming in the long run.
text: There are many reasons for not using peat; firstly, peat renews at approximately 1mm per year, therefore it is considered a non-renewable resource.
text: Peat is renewable and will regrow if harvested in moderation.
text: However, only the USGS and commercial miners claim that peat is renewable.
text: To say that peat is renewable is like saying that coal is renewable.
text: In a well-circulated piece (among peat lovers anyway) that used CSPMA’s figures, Jeff Ball at Garden Rant made a case that peat is renewable:
text: Some peat industry representatives and academics believe that peat is a slowly renewable resource, but in reality, a peat bog takes thousands and thousands of years to form.