Question

How potential resources could be used in future

Answer 1

Potential Resource: A resource that will require work in order to make it commercialy viable, or that is out of reach using modern technologys. eg. oil trapped in rock poeres that can not be sucked out, a seam of coal to deep and narrow , of a piece of land that you might grow some trees on.

Answer 2

Potential resources are known to exist and may be used in the future. For example, petroleum may exist in many parts of India and Kuwait that have sedimentary rocks, but until the time it is actually drilled out and put into use, it remains a potential resource