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There are two types of aquifers: replenishable and nonreplenishable (or fossil) aquifers.
Aquifer depletion 2007
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"Anything that reduces our dependence on fossil fuels and other nonreplenishable resources seems worthwhile," he said in 1982.
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He berated her for designating a certain type of plastic spoon as a nonreplenishable item, even though a junior manager had told him that Howard had done the right thing.
Inside the Leviathan Head, Simon 2004
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However, I do think the fall of the Taliban and the fact that Afghanistan is now, you know, under the Karzai government, there are no longer training camps, al Qaeda's sort of a nonreplenishable resource, in the sense that the training camps turn people with a generalized dislike of the West and the United States into effective terrorists in some cases.
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