Sentences with phrase «cheap fuel source»

With loose policies governing greenhouse gas emissions, developing nations are more likely to turn to coal as a cheap fuel source, despite it being the worst source of pollutants among fossil fuels, the IEA says.

Coal generation has slipped to No. 2 as utilities slowly switch to natural gas as a cleaner and cheaper fuel source.

«Coal is still the cheapest fuel source.»

Not exact matches

That logic is another reason why OPEC countries have less of an incentive to cut back production: renewable energy sources is starting to give fossil fuels some serious competition, and oil - exporting countries have an interest in keeping oil a cheap alternative.

Solar power recently crossed the threshold to become the cheapest energy source, and other renewable sources are quickly dropping in price, putting them close to par or better compared to conventional fossil - fuels.

On the blackboard, fusing hydrogen atoms produces enormous amounts of heat which can be captured and developed into an energy source, energy that is safe, cheap, does not burn fossil fuels or consume non-renewable resources.

Nuclear fusion has long tantalized humanity as a potential energy panacea — a fuel source that could prove to be cheap, inexhaustible, and clean.

«Your manufacturing cost could be very cheap, but with all the risks along the way, whether fuel prices or natural disasters, it might not make sense for your business to source something in Asia and ship it back here.»

Cheap natural gas has been an important source of fuel for the oilsands, but most of Canada already had abundant hydro - electrical endowments to power homes and businesses at relatively low cost, so shale hasn't been much of a revolution over here (pdf).

The following year, the company filed the current proposal, which had the support of many business, energy and labor groups because of its promise of new jobs, cheaper gas and an additional source of fuel.

But batteries for grid storage will have to be very cheap to compete with fossil fuels as an on - demand energy source.

But the environmental price tag of biofuels now joins the ranks of other, cheaper domestic fuel sources — such as coal - to - liquid fuel — as major sources of globe - warming pollution as well as unintended social consequences.

«We can't burn all these fossil fuels,» Hansen told a group of reporters on December 3, noting that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy source they will continue to be burned.

Both cheap and readily available, these nanostructures could save hydrogen fuel producers billions of dollars, while making a green energy source even greener, the team says.

Due to methane gas, as a primary energy source, having a noticeably lower cost than electricity, hydrogen could be a cheaper fuel for vehicles than electricity.

While we are disappointed with DOE's decision to exclude Holtec from the award, we remain confident that our reactor, the SMR - 160, has the greatest potential to triumph in a global marketplace because it is designed to meet the highest expectations of safety and is uniquely engineered to compete economically with other sources of alternative energy in the evolving era of cheap fossil fuels.

Nuclear power is not «too cheap to meter,» and in fact, despite hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies and in ratepayer charges, nuclear power greatly trails other fuels as a source of electricity and is useless in providing for the world's other major energy needs, including transportation.

The simple SAD fact that carbs / glucose are so readily available and cheap today doesn't mean that we should depend on them as a primary source of fuel or revere them so highly.

Unlike most other brands that harvest MCT's from palm oil, (a much cheaper and environmentally taxing source), by using pure coconut oil we also deliver approximately 30 % Lauric Acid, an important form of MCT that acts as a slower burning fuel source.

BAU will achieve this goal as alternative energy sources are made more reliable, more robust (i.e. PV panels that maintain 80 % for 80 years or so), and cheaper to mass produce; and as fossil fuels become harder to extract and more expensive.

Cost of these alternative sources are cheaper than continuing to use irreplaceable fossil fuels or dangerous (both materially and policically) radioactive materials.

-- For the moment, it's not cheap to move away from the fuels of convenience, coal and oil, that when burned are the main source of human - generated greenhouse gases.

The greatest tragedy for the earth (and humanity) would be for us to discover a cheap & plentiful fuel source.

If the main goal is to achieve a power source that could replace fossil fuels, we suspect the money would be better spent on renewable sources of energy that are likely to be cheaper and quicker to put into wide use.

The piece effectively, if depressingly, reveals why all of the options for slowing or stopping the buildup of this long - lived greenhouse gas will be nearly impossible to deploy at a scale relevant to the climate challenge as long as conventional burning of abundant carbon - rich fuels — particularly coal — is the cheapest energy source.

However, you don't want to argue for a rational solution — i.e. cheap nuclear power (which also happens to be 10 to 100 times safer than our currently accepted main source of electricity generation, fossil fuel) and also happens to be a near zero emission technology (in fact much lower than renewables given they need fossil fuel backup, and given solar needs about 10 times as much material per TWh on an LCA basis).

But not enough to make renewables an obviously cheaper source of electricity than fossil fuels.

They choose fossil fuels over renewable energy sources because they are cheaper and tend to think short - term instead of looking ahead.

This is perhaps of little surprise when we consider the World Economic Forum's finding that unsubsidized renewables were the cheapest source of electricity in 30 countries last year, or that IRENA has estimated renewables will be consistently cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020.

With many renewable sources of power, like wind, now cheaper than fossil fuels, it has become clear that preventing global climate change is green in all definitions of the word.

The introduction of machines powered by cheap and easily accessible fossil fuels led to a decline in the use of wind power, but since reserves of these fuels are finite and as the world becomes more conscious of the pollution generated by these fuels, focus has turned once again to tapping this free source of energy.

B. President Obama seems not to understand that as long as fossil fuels are allowed (to appear to the user) to be the cheapest reliable energy, they will continue to be the world's largest energy source and the likelihood of disastrous consequences for young people will grow to near certainty.

But it is good reason to find an even cheaper source of energy than fossil fuel.

«Making smaller coal plants doesn't make coal cheaper or cleaner, it just forces the public to again subsidize a dangerous fuel source of the past.

But we will find a renewable energy source that is as cheap as fossil fuels / will be /.

We may never find a renewable energy source that is as cheap as fossil fuels have been.

In reality, when all costs are taken into consideration, many renewable energy sources are significantly cheaper than fossil fuels.

You are right Tim, we may never find a renewable energy source that is as cheap as fossil fuels have been.

Similarly, imposing a strict mitigation strategy curtailing fossil fuel use without suitable cheap and abundant alternative sources would likely lead to economic disaster.

These sources of energy and efficiency technologies are in many cases cheaper than fossils, have steep cost curves, produce a positive ROI for businesses and consumers, are anti-inflationary because they don't use a commodity fuel or consume less fuel, have the ability to decentralize and stabilize energy supply.

I'm willing to make the following wager — that it is far easier to prove the benefits of cheap energy, of whatever fuel source, to the Earth's population than it is to prove the harm that will derive from producing that energy.

Owners of the plants have been squeezed by regulations forcing expensive pollution control upgrades at the same time cheaper sources of fuel have rendered the plants unprofitable.

A sober assessment will acknowledge that fossil fuels are remarkable sources of energy — cheap, energy dense, and widely available.

I think it's worth noting that burning fossil fuels will still be cheaper and easier than relying on intermittent energy sources.

The lack of affordable electricity in poor countries is responsible for poverty and at least three million deaths a year from indoor smoke, yet western countries and international institutions largely refuse to support the cheapest source of electricity, fossil fuels.

Reaching the 2 °C target is a political headache, requiring nations to crack down on energy inefficiency and switch from cheap but polluting fossil fuels to cleaner sources.

Compressed natural gas began to gain attention as a cheap, eco-friendly fuel source in the 1960s and 1970s.

There are electric cars out there already that are cheaper, faster, easier to maintain, mostly recyclable and cleaner than equivalent motor cars (even if charged from a fossil fuel generated source!).

The failure of «cheap energy» is splitting Americans into two rival camps: one that is enthusiastic about needless subsidy of oil and gas and another that sees without fossil subsidies renewable sources and more fuel - efficient cars and trucks come out ahead in the Market.

FACT CHECK: wind power contributes about 6 % of Ontario's electricity supply, at four times the cost of other power sources; wind power is not the «lowest - cost» option — the turbines are cheap to build but there are many other costs associated with wind power and its intermittency; wind power can not replace hydro and nuclear — the fact is, coal was replaced by nuclear and natural gas, a fossil - fuel - based power source.