Sentences with phrase «about high energy costs»

Keep these tips in mind, and consider sending them to homeowners and clients who are concerned about the high energy costs of entertaining.

A lot of coverage of this is making it seem like the government is reacting to rural protest against wind and solar farms, and unfounded public concerns about higher energy costs due to green energy.

The most recent example comes from the Dutch bank ING, who just released a report complaining about the high energy cost associated with every Bitcoin transaction.

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Of course, oil means energy, which means that higher oil costs will translate into higher prices for just about everything, not just at the fuel pump.

A top issue was higher energy costs, which concerned about 53 percent of the business owners.

But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heating oil.

There has been widespread despondency, brought about by severe hardships, rising cost of living, high levels of youth unemployment, collapsed businesses and increasing poverty which is partly the result of a 4 year old energy crisis.

He described 2015 as «one of the most difficult in our 58 - year history» due to «widespread despondency, brought about by severe hardships, rising cost of living, high levels of youth unemployment, collapsed businesses and increasing poverty which is partly the result of a 4 year old energy crisis.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Judy Patrick of the Daily Gazette about GE's newest startup, a fuel cell business that will operate from the Saratoga Technology and Energy Park in Malta and the high cost of school supplies.

«When people talk about cost competitive, they really mean over the life of the vehicle, meaning that it will be more expensive up front, but eventually (in this case, by 2025) the lower energy and maintenance costs will offset the higher purchase cost,» Sperling said in an email.

Those who are fighting clean energy focus on high prices, but at the same time they don't talk about the real costs for the people who live with those dirty industries.

Given the high projected cost of creating a burning physics experiment and given that the U.S. now funds only about one sixth of the world research effort, a strategy based on international collaboration on fusion energy research and development can be highly cost effective.

41) Add NUTRITION — and have students learn about food groups, a balanced diet, the food - in / energy - out equation, vitamins and minerals, and low - cost / high - nutrition foods.

The much - battered energy sector retreated another 0.31 per cent and now is down about 30 per cent year to date in a sell - off that has lumped high - quality, low - cost producers with companies that are more vulnerable to low oil prices because of higher debt and production costs.

In it, retailers talked about how much pressure they were experiencing on their bottom line from such expenses as higher taxes, energy costs and employment costs.

On average, the 60 - year life - cycle cost would be $ 74 per MWh — about what wind power in South Carolina would cost, according to the Energy Information Agency — and that's without counting the high cost of wind's integration onto a grid, whether through storage or back - up power.

Renewable energy is also a very high cost policy when all costs are properly accounted — at about $ 300 / tonne CO2 abated.

A2: It's debatable whether or not the consequences are dangerous, but it could be very costly and as often as you guys argue against the high costs of transitioning to a sustainable energy future, this should be something you should feel equally about, shouldn't it?

• Support for energy innovation today comes from those concerned about the high (and rising) economic costs, not to mention the foreign entanglements created by America's dependence on oil; the need for greater energy access in poor countries; diseases and deaths caused by air pollution, oil and gas drilling, and coal mining and waste; and the potential for America to manufacture and export new energy technologies at a profit.

For example, these organizations are not sufficiently candid about: * The high costs of wind energy; * The added costs of wind energy due to its need for backup generating capacity from traditional energy sources because of the intermittence, variability and unpredictability of wind energy; * The absence of transmission capacity in remote areas where windmills might otherwise be acceptable; * The extent to which wind developers» costs are being shifted to taxpayers and electric customers and hidden in their tax and electric bills; * Scenic impairment and other adverse environmental, health and safety impacts.

Calculations show that about 2/3 of residents would receive more from the dividend than they would pay in higher energy costs.

The Heritage Foundation estimates that the new rule will cost about 500,000 lost jobs, close to $ 100 billion annually in lost GDP output, and more than $ 1,000 per year in higher household energy expenditures.

The great thing about Avea, Philips Hue et al is that the bulbs are incredibly energy efficient, meaning they'll last for much longer than your typical everyday offerings, and as such, the considerably higher cost may seem worthwhile given the numerous other perks.

Poor nutrition is a major determinant of excess morbidity and mortality among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 1 contributing to over 16 % of the burden of disease.2 In this issue of the Journal (page 549), consistent with the «economics of food choice» theory, 3 Brimblecombe and O'Dea report that the diet of a remote Aboriginal community was high in energy - dense, nutrient - poor foods — the cheapest options to satisfy hunger.4 This energy — cost differential restricts access to healthy food, and helps explain the persistently poor dietary patterns and deplorable health status of remote Indigenous communities.4 Placing nutrition issues in an economic framework highlights the investment required to improve Indigenous nutrition.4 But what has been learned to date about where resources should be directed?

For instance, the $ 145 monthly energy savings used in this comparison could be worth over $ 54 thousand dollars in future value over 20 years, at a constant rate of 4.25 %; about the average cost of a high - performance upgrade.