Sentences with phrase «energy about fuel economy»

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Trudeau's about - face is rooted in the Liberal vision of a global economy at the beginning of a decades - long transition from fossil fuels to clean energy technology, says Jim Carr, minister of natural resources.

If people are not worried about their mortgages, food bills, energy prices, fuel cost or, more importantly, job security, they drive the economy forward.

This is good news for all the futurists who have been telling us about a forthcoming change from nasty, old carbon - based fossil fuels to an energy economy based on clean - burning hydrogen.

Things like building energy efficiency and better fuel economy are another story, and can be justified with or without concern about GW.

What I find ironic is that it is his can - do optimism that is in this case working against our ability to do something about our dependence on fossil fuels and the climate change that this dependence is resulting in, that is, switching to alternate energy, preserving modern civilization and the world economy beyond Peak Oil and Peak Coal, preventing climate change from becoming such a huge problem that it destroys that the world economy — and more than likely leads to a series of highly destructive wars over limited resources.

I am not yet in my 40's but was raised in a very alternative community of people in nyc in the 70's and 80's... amidst the depression of the city at that time, there were tons of free - thinking individuals, groups and companies leading the way presenting biofuel - concepts and ideas, or promoting industries based on recycling things rather than being a disposable society... there have always been large numbers of people in the pro-environment movement country and world - wide that cried out about how alternative thinking would lead to newer, more positive and less harmfully - impacting industries and tried to introduce inventions that could have spurred new economies... Had the auto industry not blocked things, we could have had more energy efficient cars decades ago... but they did not want the «expense» of helping foster this new industry... it is so damn sad it took a war to make people «wake up» about alternative fuels and how exciting the options are.

The authors note that as fossil fuel reserves shrink, as air pollution worsens, and as concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, oil, and natural gas, a new world energy economy is emerging.

Since the volumetric energy density of ammonia is three times that of liquid hydrogen, and ammonia combustion can be exceptionally efficient (about the same as burning diesel fuel in turbodiesels), it may be true that a hydrogen economy based upon OTEC and ammonia may be close at hand.

It's about letting us utilize our fossil fuel energy to create jobs, rebuild our economy, and Make America Great Again.

As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging in the United States.

We, all of us, believe that a transition to a clean energy future isn't just about ending pollution, it's also an opportunity to ensure that the new energy economy shares its wealth more equitably than the fossil fueled economic oligarchy we're trying to leave behind.

As fossil fuel resources shrink, as air pollution worsens, and as concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, oil, and natural gas, a new world energy economy is emerging.

Moreover, the Rose Garden speech President Bush delivered that day removed any doubt that the new Bush - Cheney White House had already begun to spin the big lie about climate change, the lie we know so well we can recite it in our sleep: scientific uncertainties regarding global climate change are too great to make any policy decisions, especially those that might affect the US economy (read: the US fossil fuel - based energy economy).

Concerns about global warming, rising fossil fuel prices, and oil insecurity have prompted calls for a new energy economy, one that replaces fossil fuels with renewables.

About 10 days after the finding was left unopened by officials at the Office of Management and Budget, Congress passed and President Bush signed a new energy bill mandating an increase in average fuel - economy standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020.

As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging.

Worries about securing the energy needed for the fast - growing Asian economies have also created an incentive to adopt alternatives to fossil fuels, including renewables.

In Plan B, the original, I talk about a hydrogen fuel - cell automotive - energy economy.

It adds up to about $ 6 trillion worth of fossil fuels, suggesting a revolutionary shake - up of the global financial and energy economies.

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