The resources available in nature, but couldn’t be used due to lack of appropriate technology are termed:

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The resources available in nature but couldn’t be used due to lack of appropriate technology are termed as Stock resources. Stock is a classification of resources based on their development state. Water is an abundant resource on Earth. From the water, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, hydrogen can be extracted to be used as an energy source. However, effective technology for this process is not available. So these resources remain unused. The development in technology will soon lead to their use. The oil reserves were once stock resources which started being utilised with the introduction of technologies to extract and process them.

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