Sentences with phrase «benefit fossil fuel consumption»

Analysis in the new WEO - 2017 showed that for the first time the largest share of global subsidies that benefit fossil fuel consumption went to keep electricity prices artificially low (41 % of the global total), ahead of oil (40 %) and natural gas.

Not exact matches

The sad part is - there are several valid benefits from reducing the consumption of fossil fuels, that have nothing to do with climate change.

People in the West have benefited from an increase in living standards, which has largely been driven by a large consumption of fossil fuels.

This is known to cause premature death, and policies that aim to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels often cite the potential health benefits — and related cost savings — linked to reducing air pollution.

In addition to economic benefits, there are social and environmental advantages to reducing energy consumption, such as preserving fossil fuels and minimising impact on the environment.

With a share of 100 % renewable energy sources and 12 times the current grid capacity, the balancing capacity of fossil fuel power plants can be reduced to 15 % of the total annual electricity consumption, which represents the maximum possible benefit of transmission for Europe.

Weighing the social and economic benefits of fossil fuel consumption and other human activities against some of the environmental consequences, he asked «[i] s it now necessary, for the long - term future of our planet, to limit such development?»

But this analysis significantly underestimates the unmeasured - by - GDP benefits of private consumption of fossil fuels.

There are also many other benefits to cutting energy consumption, like saving money, creating jobs, and reducing our dependency on imports and fossil fuels.

One of the key benefits associated with energy efficiency and renewable energy programs (clean energy) is that they reduce consumption of fossil fuel resources, and in doing so reduce fossil fuel - related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

Most «skeptics» have concluded, based on the available data, that the cost of «going to war» against CAGW (with carbon taxes, carbon rationing, top - down forced reductions in fossil fuel consumption, etc.) would be far greater than any «benefit» that might result, and would thus be «skeptical» of entering such a «war».

Cardayre argues that LS9's biofuels offer several benefits that make them more attractive as an alternative to fossil fuels than do ethanol - derived fuels, including higher cost - efficiency and lower energy consumption in production (65 % less energy).

Who the hell will benefit from this increased fossil fuel consumption?

One of the benefits of organic production is that energy consumption and, therefore, fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, are less than that in conventional systems.

There are many benefits to organic farming, including reduced fossil fuel energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Appeals to conscience or fashion work, to the extent they do, by reducing the fossil - fuel consumer's perceived benefit of consumption (or equivalently, by increasing his perceived share of the externalized cost), for only a sub-population of consumers.