Sentences with phrase «already fueling an increase»

Warmer, wetter weather there is already fueling an increase in mosquito - borne tropical diseases such as dengue fever.

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If true, expect more fuel to be added to the commodities fire, further increasing drag on global economic activity while adding to the already worrisome upward pressure on inflation.

While such a strategy lowers gross borrowing requirements in the medium - term, it will fuel already high inflationary pressures and increase the government's debt stock.

The fuel price increase has imposed more hardship on the already suffering Ghanaian.

George Osborne had already cancelled rises due under the fuel duty escalator — a commitment to successive duty increases — put in place by the previous government.

In the last autumn statement, he scrapped an increase he had already deferred until January and now it appears he may freeze fuel duty rises throughout this parliament.

Solar is already competitive with conventional energy in many parts of Germany and will keep getting cheaper, while conventional fossil fuels are more likely to increase in production costs, Channell said.

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

It is likely to increase the already hefty cost of building reactors and increase the complaints of regulators and nearby communities that are already upset at the storage of spent fuel rods, Mariotte said.

Agriculture already monopolizes 90 percent of global freshwater — yet production still needs to dramatically increase to feed and fuel this century's growing population.

This shift from cool to warm in the North Atlantic has already had an impact; this past year at least 89,000 individual fires burned 9.5 million acres in the western U.S. Worse yet, forest management practices that have increased the number of trees in western woods — as well as relatively wet preceding decades — have put in place an abundance of fuel for future fires.

Arctic sea ice melt fueled by ever - rising global temperatures is also opening the already fragile region to increased shipping traffic and may be affecting weather patterns over Europe, Asia and North America.

For example, some car engines already have variable valve lift and timing, which provides greater control over the flow of air into and out of the combustion chamber; until now automakers have employed this system primarily to boost horsepower, but it can also be used to increase fuel economy.

It concluded that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations had already increased by about 25 percent in the past century, and continued use of fossil fuels would lead to substantial temperature increases in the future.

This cargo vehicle could provide enough supplies to increase the length of the astronauts» stay and already be fueled and ready for the return trip (discussed below).

Health improvement (allowing to post - pone / escape the diseases and thus live, healthier / disease - free longer, but not above human MLSP of around 122 years; thus these therapies do not affect epigenetic aging whatsoever, they are degenerative aging problems not regular healthy aging problem (except OncoSENS - only when you Already Have Cancer - which cancer increases epigenetic aging, but cancer removal thus does not change anything / makes no difference about what happens in the other cells / about what happens in the normal epigenetic «aging» course in Normal non-cancerous healthy cells) Although there is not such thing as «healthy aging» all aging in «unhealthy» (as seen from elders who are «healthy enough» who show much damage), it's just «tolerable / liveable» enough (in terms of damage accumulating) that it does not affect their quality of life (enough yet), that is «healthy aging»: ApoptoSENS - Clearing Senescent Cells (this will have great impact to reduce diseases, the largest one, since it's all inflammation fueled by the inflammation secretory phenotype (SASP) of these senescent cells) AmyloSENS - Dissolving the Plaques (this will allow humans to evade Alzheimer's, Parkinsons and general brain degenerescence, allowing quite a boost; making people much more easily reach the big 100 - since the brain is causal to how long we live; keeping brain amyloid - free and keeping our memories / neuron sharp / means longer LongTerm Potentiation - means longer brain function means longer heavy brain mass (gray matter / white matter retention seen in «sharp - witted» Centenarians who show are younger brain for their age), and both are correlated to MLSP).

An adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concerns about Japan's plan to reprocess its spent nuclear fuel, pills citing the ever - increasing plutonium stockpile already in the nation's possession.

10/13/15 An adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concerns about Japan's plan to reprocess its spent nuclear fuel, citing the ever - increasing plutonium stockpile already in the nation's possession.

Depression, a common form of chronic stress, causes hyperactive responses to stress and a chronically elevated levels of cortisol, which undoubtedly will lead to a chronically elevated level of blood sugar.23 We already know that cancer cells are fueled by glucose and people with higher serum glucose levels have an increased risk of cancer.24 One of the main goals of a caveman diet is to minimize any spikes in blood glucose levels and to keep them chronically low.

The body fat that is already in your body will be used as fuel to increase your overall metabolism.

That number will depend very much on where the car is used and how often its driver charges the battery pack (city - only drivers could potentially use very little fuel at all, long - distance owners won't see much benefit from petrol - only running) but it finally gives BMW a competitor in the increasing plug - in luxury market: Porsche and Mercedes - Benz already sell short - range plug - in hybrid luxury saloons.

An increase of power and torque, not to mention overall fuel economy, is a strong addition to an already strong entry luxury sedan, and could win over buyers who are looking for connectivity over driving experience.

Thanks to TwinPower Turbo technology, the new supercharged 4 - cylinder petrol engine with all - aluminium crankcase, already available in the BMW X1 xDrive28i, provides increased torque, improved performance and much reduced fuel consumption and emission levels as compared to the existing 6 - cylinder induction engine model BMW Z4 sDrive30.

In addition to a considerable increase in comfort, due to the smooth engine start - stop function, and a significant improvement in «change of mind» situations (in which the engine is already switched off, but the driver quickly decides to drive on), this innovation helps to achieve fuel savings of up to 6 % in city traffic.

And an increased appetite for risk will pour fuel on the fire central banks have already ignited in the equity market... so ironically, the crypto - doubters & begrudgers will benefit regardless (well, unless they're whack - job gold - bugs!).

This means that even if a cost increase is imposed upon us by a supplier - for example due to an increase in fuel costs - and we need to increase the holiday price for all new bookings, we guarantee that a price rise will not affect you, if you have already booked your holiday.

Hey and if you don't already know the price of Petrol & Diesel fuel was increased by around 23 % last Monday.

That represents a 25 - 33 % increase in costs for what were already the most expensive awards, and British Airways is STILL collecting fuel surcharges on these tickets.

That the increasing amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere come from fossil fuels was already demonstrated by isotope analysis in the 1950s.

It was wonderful to read about the tools we already have to greatly increase our energy efficiency, reduce our dependence on fossil fuel, reduce pollution and greenhouse gases, create jobs, and invest in local communities.

The two scientists have already reported on the increasing costs of delay in phasing out fossil fuel sources of energy.

Replacing Taiwan's nuclear plants with fossil fuels has already increased the risk of death from air pollution.

There is ample evidence in the UK of increasing fuel poverty (i.e., household spending over 10 % of disposable income keeping warm in winter) in the regions of wind farm deployment where higher electricity bills are needed to cover the rent of the land (from usually already rich) landowners, a direct reversal of the process whereby cheap energy over the last century has lifted a significant fraction of the world's poor from their poverty.

There are some options available for increased efficiency but because fuel costs are a major cost driver most of the big impact efficiency possibilities have already been implemented.

We return to the questions posed earlier: with fuel costs already their single largest expense, why should fuel price increases spur changes in shipping and aviation designs, equipment and practices?

Thus, absent fossil fuels, global cropland would have to increase by 150 percent to meet current food demand, but conversion of habitat to cropland is already the greatest threat to biodiversity.

Common IPCC scenarios rely on an increasing supply of fossil fuels, yet we know that this is not possible and that production will soon peak (if not already) while prices rise in response, as they are doing already.

California has increased its Renewable Portfolio Standards from 20 % by 2020 to 33 % by 2020.57 Germany has made a post-Fukushima commitment to increase its already leading levels of investment in renewable energy generation.58 In China's most recently released Five - Year - Plan, a majority of the «strategic industries» that are emphasized are «clean technology» industries.59 Brazil is moving ahead aggressively with building its local renewable fuels economy.60 None of these pioneers have started and then scaled back.

The conclusion is not new: other teams have already proposed that global warming linked to increases of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a consequence of fossil fuel combustion could drive tropical cyclones to higher latitudes and that the most destructive hurricanes could happen increasingly often.

According to Gobler, «People have traditionally assumed that the problems of fossil fuel burning will manifest themselves at some distant time in the future... The truth is that the 30 % increase in atmospheric and ocean CO2 levels which has occurred since the 19th century has already significantly impacted the chemistry and biology of our oceans.»

«Drillers fear that federal protections for more threatened and endangered animals could drive up their costs at a time when the industry is already battered by low oil prices, growing competition from renewable energy, and increasing attention from investors and regulators over the climate - altering impacts of fossil fuels,» DeSmog's Sharon Kelly wrote.

''... there are already some solutions that seem to stand out as particularly promising -LSB-...] We could further increase the value and efficiency of a distributed energy network by retooling our failing auto giants - GM and Ford - to require and assist them in switching to the manufacture of flex - fuel, plug - in, hybrid vehicles...»

For example, they do not consider alternative methods such as reducing the amount of cars circulating within the European Union or increasing the appeal of the public transportation system by upgrading the already existing facilities, creating safer and improved bike - lanes in big cities, or electrifying the transport system to slowly reduce its dependency on fossil fuels.

With shorter trips powered purely by electrical batteries, the amount of gasoline conserved in America would increase significantly... Already a hybrid plug - in car has been demonstrated at over 100 miles per gallon, nearly 4 times our current national fuel economy.

Of course, given the fact that we continue to burn fossil fuels, that the necessary renewable energy transition continues to be delayed by predatory industries and their proxy politicians (primarily republicans like Trump in the United States), there is no guarantee that the rate of annual increase in sea level won't accelerate faster than it already is.

There is every chance that more efficient vehicles and limits to future fuel consumption in Asia's megacities, already choked by traffic and pollution will not result in increased petroleum use.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide is already 385 parts per million (ppm) and it is increasing by about 2 ppm each year as a result of the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas), with a smaller contribution from burning of forests.

'' You see that already influence of the CO2 emissions from fossile fuels on the recent increase of CO2 content in atmosphere is minimal.

As China's domestic energy policy has transformed over the last several years to incorporate climate - friendly goals — increased energy efficiency and a greater contribution of non-fossil fuels to its energy mix — this opportunity is already becoming a reality, especially as the United States advances comprehensive climate policy.

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