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The DSM-5 Task Force and Various Work Groups

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The DSM-5 task force and various work groups:


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Nonrenewable Natural Resource

Things such as oil, natural gas, and metals, that are either in actual fixed supply or that renew so slowly as to be in virtual fixed supply when viewed from a human time perspective.

Coal

A combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock used primarily as a source of energy.

Aquifers

Underground layers of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures, or unconsolidated materials from which groundwater can be extracted using wells.

Alternative Fuels

Fuels other than the traditional choices (like petroleum), including renewable sources like biofuel, electricity, hydrogen, and others, aimed at reducing pollution and dependency on fossil fuels.

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