Sentences with phrase «by rapid consumption»

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As in Australia, consumption has also been supported by rapid house price inflation, with prices rising by 16 per cent over the past year and doubling over the past five years.

Consumption was also supported by an increase in household net wealth in the December quarter of 4.2 per cent, driven by a substantial increase in the value of equities and rapid growth in house prices.

Our 2011 annual report showcases how we are delivering on our priorities to build our brands, grow per - capita consumption and create a strong business foundation underpinned by rapid continuous improvement.

Uptake has been so rapid that solar capacity could reach 30 gigawatts, equal to the country's weekend power consumption, by the end of next year.

Fatty liver is caused by being over weight, excessive alcohol consumption, and prescription drugs (steroids); iron overload; solvent tissue exposure and rapid weight loss.

Channelling the effervescent spirit of the 1976 Golf GTI MkI that kick - started the hot hatch revolution, the Up appears to represent the perfect antidote to a motoring backdrop that's dominated by draconian variable speed limits, congestion and the rapid consumption of the earth's resources.

The relatively weak gasoline engine is assisted by the electric motor during rapid acceleration or hill climbing, allowing for reduced fuel consumption while still providing a safe and useful amount of performance.

Since the neophyte's oxygen consumption is two to three times greater than adults, and their sympathetic nervous system is not well developed, the young patient compensates by increased (rapid) heart rates (200 + beats per minute) and respiratory rates (15 to 35 per minute.)

By reducing your speed and avoiding rapid body movement, you'll find your air consumption becomes more efficient.

In Oblivion, Xiao Yu introspects the contemporary life, whose characterization is rapid phase - out, by examining contemporary view of consumption.

Evidently, concerns like long - term human wellbeing, biodiversity preservation and the integrity of Earth's body are momentarily at odds with powerful economic and political forces which relentlessly and unrealistically maintain an economic system marked by unrestricted and increasing per capita consumption, unbridled and expanding economic globalization, and continuous and rapid growth of the human population.

The other extreme of rapid and drastic cuts to consumption proposed by the guru Killian, will simply increase hardship and mortality rates, while doing little to actually improve anything.

Specifically, Mercer claimed that atmospheric CO2 concentrations would double from ~ 330 parts per million (late 1970s) to ~ 660 ppm within 50 years, or by 2028 — due to a continuance of the rapid growth in fossil fuel consumption.

Prior to Turkey's recent economic difficulties, projections by Turkey's Electricity Generating and Transmission Corporation (TEAS), a public company which owns and operates 15 thermal and 30 hydroelectric plants generating 91 % of Turkey's electricity, had indicated that rapid growth in electricity consumption would continue over the next 15 years.

Increasing emissions and concentrations of carbon dioxide receive considerable attention, but our analyses identify an important change in another pathway for anthropogenic climate change — a rapid rise in anthropogenic sulfur emissions driven by large increases in coal consumption in Asia in general, and China in particular.

While our elders and ancestors could not have foreseen the devastation on our lands and waters, through thousands of years of conservation, land management and caring for country, Indigenous lands and waters continue to provide an important backstop to governments and industry now desperate to undo the damage caused by rapid industrial growth and consumption.