Sentences with phrase «conservative use of energy»

The prudent and conservative use of energy is one of the easiest and most cost effective steps you can take to cut costs, increase profitability, and create shareholder value.

Short - term gains, e.g. more trips to the mall or Wal - Mart to load up on giant - screen TVs, iPhones, etc. are much easier to sell to folks than higher carbon taxes, more conservative uses of energy, etc..

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Labour and the Conservatives both believe the use of nuclear power can complement the use of renewable energy.

That support hit a roadblock a year ago when new conservative prime minister Tony Abbott ordered a review of the country's target for clean energy use by 2020, which ultimately recommended slashing it by a third, in line with falling overall energy demand.

They also used a conservative 20 percent estimate for capacity factor, a measure of how much energy a given turbine actually produces.

This Twitter item leads to a Grist / Climate Desk piece on «Political ideology affects energy - efficiency attitudes and choices,» a fascinating new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that, in part using light bulb choices, shows how polarization over the merits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions appears to torque the behavior of conservatives away from commonsense energy choices.

The proposal to put a fee - per - ton on carbon and rebating the proceeds to residents is supported by prominent economists, both liberal and conservative, and environmental experts, as a market - driven way to reduce carbon consumption by encouraging energy conservation and use of renewable energy sources.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I - VT) spoke this morning at the release of a Greenpeace Energy [R] evolution report that lays out, using quite conservative estimates, how «the United States can meet the energy needs of a growing economy and achieve science - based cuts in global warming pollution — without nuclear power or coal.&Energy [R] evolution report that lays out, using quite conservative estimates, how «the United States can meet the energy needs of a growing economy and achieve science - based cuts in global warming pollution — without nuclear power or coal.&energy needs of a growing economy and achieve science - based cuts in global warming pollution — without nuclear power or coal.»

Public Opinion Strategies also found 60 % of conservatives support requiring utilities to use renewable energy to produce 12.5 % of their electricity by 2027, and 76 % supported increasing research into battery storage technologies, which most analysts consider the next boom market in the renewable energy economic sector.

That position jibes with that of many conservative Republicans who say governments shouldn't use taxpayer money to pick energy technology winners.

Federal Conservatives axe popular energy - saving program??? An early end to ecoENERGY grants program closed two months ahead of schedule, with an estimated less than 1/2 of the $ 400 Million set aside in Budget 2011 used.