Sentences with phrase «consumed by the nation»

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Some farmers and city leaders worry that the fracking boom is consuming too much of a scarce resource, while others see the push for production as an opportunity to make money by selling water while furthering the nation's goal of energy independence.
As its costs of commodities and food skyrockets, its citizens» restive ambitions are thwarted by the limits facing all consuming nations, and its aging populace catches up with it, then China's resources will be stretched too thin to construct a Grand Empire with decisive hard and soft power.
In November, the International Energy Agency, a Paris - based think - tank supported by energy - consuming developed nations, predicted the U.S. would surpass Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer before 2020, and be self - sufficient in energy by 2035.
Record high prices in Asia have had several impacts, including providing economic incentive to bring on additional supply, maintaining a continued reason to burn much cheaper coal despite the negative environmental consequences and a search by consuming nations for secure supply options.
Today we take a look at the increasing role that e-commerce is expected to play in the development of China as a consuming nation, a transition that is being accelerated by the growth of shopping via smartphones and other mobile devices.
Just as the politics of Iran is off balance because it is consumed by religion so to would our country become off balance if we were a complete godless nation.
Though the United States was not the heaviest coffee - drinking nation at the time (Nordic countries, Belgium, and Netherlands all had comparable or higher levels of per capita consumption), due to its sheer size, it was already the largest consumer of coffee in the world by 1860, and, by 1920, around half of all coffee produced worldwide was consumed in the US.
Arsenic (As) exposure from rice is of particular concern for infants and children.1 - 4 Infant rice cereal, a common first food, 5,6 may contain inorganic As concentrations exceeding the recommendation from the Codex Alimentarius Commission of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of 200 ng / g for polished (white) rice, 4 the new European Union regulations of 100 ng / g for products aimed at infants7 (eTable 1 in the Supplement), and the proposed US Food and Drug Administration limit.8 Infants consuming only a few servings of rice cereal or other products (eg, rice snacks) per day may exceed the now - withdrawn provisional weekly tolerable intakes for As set by the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives.9, 10
Research by Canada's Forest Service found that in 2013, the nation saw more than 10 million acres consumed in wildfires.
He found that the nation's dogs and cats eat about 19 percent as many calories as the nation's people, on par with all the calories consumed by the population of France in a year.
On their current course, rapidly developing nations could consume all of the carbon budget by 2030 — even if wealthy nations were to entirely eliminate their emissions over the same period.
Back in the 70's, when the nation was threatened by the rapidly increasing number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases and science had just uncovered that a diet high in saturated fats and cholesterol poses a serious threat for cardiovascular health, health officials issued dietary advice that entailed consuming less fat.
Studying the consumption on sugar in 175 nation, Lustig established that just 150 calories of added sugar in our diet increases the chances of type 2 diabetes development by 11 times compared to consuming 150 calories from fat or protein.
As Dr. John McDougall has pointed out, approximately one - third of the calories consumed by people living in developed nations are from animal sources.
Inflammation Nation: The First Clinically Proven Eating Plan to End Our Nation's Secret Epidemic by Floyd H. Chilton argues that inflammation occurs when we consume «foods of affluence,» e.g., farmed salmon and eggs, and out - of - season fruits and vegetables — foods that have replaced the seasonal nuts, fruits and vegetables eaten by our hunter - gather ancestors.
In such situations, a serious free - rider problem exists: because it is impossible to prevent a class of consumers who have not paid for the information from consuming it, far too little evidence will be produced if it is not supported by an organization with the entire nation's interests at heart.
This Thanksgiving, America is getting a preview of what we expect to occur over the next 30 years if things continue unchecked — a nation consumed by traffic — Thanksgiving traffic every day in some places.
Consumed by grief at the destruction of his family by evil Chief Tadodaho, Hiawatha is chosen by the Peacemaker to override his own feelings and bring an end to violence by uniting the five warring Iroquois nations.
He rearranged the existing territory of different nations by containing languages and marks of social consuming as well as public commercial media to eliminate the clash between different cultures and merge the worldwide culture and history.
There is also the rather obvious fact that a nation that has 3 % of the global oil supply but which consumes 25 % of global oil production is eventually going to run into an economic wall — and coal - to - gasoline is not the answer to that, by any stretch.
Aggregated INDCs [nations» intended contributions of emission reductions] mean that 75 % of remaining carbon budget for a 2C target will be consumed by 2030, the whole budget before 2040.
From the Pacific Northest National Laboratories: - «If all the cars and light trucks in the nation switched from oil to electrons, idle capacity in the existing electric power system could generate most of the electricity consumed by plug - in hybrid
The one point that I see as unassailable is that a UK contribution, by itself, can not make much difference to global climate change mitigation, and must be considered in the context of a global strategy shared among all energy - consuming nations.
By reducing the overall amount of electricity the State consumes, this project advances Governor Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision strategy and recently enacted Clean Energy Standard, a nation - leading mandate that 50 percent of New York State's electricity come from renewable energy resources by 203By reducing the overall amount of electricity the State consumes, this project advances Governor Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision strategy and recently enacted Clean Energy Standard, a nation - leading mandate that 50 percent of New York State's electricity come from renewable energy resources by 203by 2030.
At this rate, non-OECD nations account for 83 % of global growth and consume 67 % more energy than OECD nations by 2035, although their energy consumption is still far lower on a per capita basis.
RICHLAND, Wash. - If all the cars and light trucks in the nation switched from oil to electrons, idle capacity in the existing electric power system could generate most of the electricity consumed by plug - in hybrid electric vehicles.
The energy security and climate implications are sobering: In the absence of prompt action to change the emissions trajectory, developing nations could consume the entire world's 2 °C «carbon budget» by 2030.
Commercial buildings consume 20 % of the total energy used in the United States — more than the energy consumed by all the nation's cars, trains, and airplanes put together.
On their current course, rapidly developing nations could consume all of the carbon budget by 2030 — even if wealthy nations were to entirely eliminate their emissions over the same period.
In 2017, a record 75 GW of solar power capacity was added by the three largest thermal power - consuming nations: China (53 GW), the U.S. (12GW), and India (10GW).
But a new report confirms that this is an accounting illusion - with more emissions being «exported» to developing countries, who increasingly make the goods consumed by the richer nations.
China's Largest Companies To Face Direct Carbon Tax By 2015 China's Economic Information Daily says plans for a new carbon tax on the nation's largest energy - consuming companies, to be implemented by 2015 — and remember that China as a whole is now the world's largest energy - consuming natioBy 2015 China's Economic Information Daily says plans for a new carbon tax on the nation's largest energy - consuming companies, to be implemented by 2015 — and remember that China as a whole is now the world's largest energy - consuming natioby 2015 — and remember that China as a whole is now the world's largest energy - consuming nation.
By using the video conference capabilities of the event platforms, Talk2Ten allows attorneys from all over the nation to make face - to - face connections with the students of the HBCUs without the need for expensive and time - consuming travel.
By some estimates, the Bitcoin network alone already consumes as much electricity as the nation of Denmark.
With a nation so consumed by entitlement, I was saddened to see REALTOR ® Magazine fall into that trap.
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