Not exact matches
The rising
cost of oil, its impact on global
warming, the geopolitical risks associated with oil dependency (especially as fuel for automobiles), followed more recently by the rise
of cost effective alternatives presents a «change the
world» opportunity for Apple.
The
cost of living is incredibly low, the people are
warm and friendly, and the city is among the safest in the
world.
Accomplishing an energy transition that keeps the
world under 2 degrees Celsius
of warming would be expensive, the report notes, putting the total
cost at $ 44 trillion.
By vacuuming carbon dioxide out
of the air — something the
world may need to do in earnest one day, in order to avoid the worst - case scenarios associated with global
warming — the plant has effectively put a
cost ceiling on what it would take to de-carbonize any industry in the
world.
With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels
of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster
of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace
of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna
warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort
of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line
of the hood it kind
of dominates the center
of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind
of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster
of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes
of the rest
of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system
of this car is riding to the same level
of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level
of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power
of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits
of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot
of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one
of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure
of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front
of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood
of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch
of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top
of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level
of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot
of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort
of more civil minded stuff
of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one
of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot
of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat
of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle
of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and
costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort
of a shrine to it the way it pops out
of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience
of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some
of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the
world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out
of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 %
of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]
The island
of Ambergris Caye in Belize, for example, boasts some
of the
world's most beautiful beaches, a
warm climate throughout the year, a low
cost of living and a thriving expatriate community.
Re # 158 (Sashka): I read the document you linked to at http://www.aei-brookings.org/admin/authorpdfs/page.php?id=236 and found out that the $ 5T number you claimed as the
cost of Kyoto compliance is not that at all, but is actually Bjorn Lomborg's quote
of Nordhaus» figure for how much it would
cost to pay for global
warming - caused damage in the developing
world over the course
of the current century if nothing were done to impede the
warming.
Thursday was
World Environment Day, and the green messages were flowing all around, including one from Alain Robert, a French stuntman and activist who scaled the jungle - gym like exterior
of The New York Times headquarters to hang a banner about the human
cost of global
warming.
I would guess that the answer to your question «are ancillary benefits
of global
warming important enough to include in the
cost / benefit calculations» is «yes» - e.g. reduced travel times through ice - free Arctic is probably non-trivial to
world trade, changing patterns
of agricultural production are net wins for some populations.
After extensive study he has concluded that the activities
of mankind are not creating a climate crisis and the active global
warming / climate change campaign underway today is
costing the average American family thousands
of dollars a year and creating food shortages and starvation in the third
world.
It said the impacts
of global
warming could
cost the
world as much as 20 percent
of economic output, compared with the 1 percent
cost of containing the problem.
Integrated assessment models (IAMs) take underlying socioeconomic factors, such as population and economic growth, as well as a climate target — such as limiting
warming to 1.5 C — and estimate what changes could happen to energy production, use, and emissions in different regions
of the
world to reach the targets in the most
cost - effective way.
Despite the rhetoric, the best available estimate
of the damage we face from unconstrained global
warming is not «global destruction,» but is instead
costs on the order
of 3 percent
of global GDP in a much wealthier
world well over a hundred years from now.
To minimise the danger
of anthropogenic global
warming (AGW) by carbon dioxide emissions, international institutions require an investment
of about 10 times the material
cost of the entire
World War II within the next few decades.
(07/21/2008) Shell Oil is funding a project that seeks to test the potential
of adding lime to seawater as a
cost - effective way to fight global
warming by sequestering large amounts
of carbon dioxide in the
world's oceans, reports Chemistry & Industry magazine.
The situation is indeed clear; we can logically conclude from geology, physics, climate science, ecology, and economics that a few hundred more ppm
of CO2 would most likely be net beneficial globally and even for those areas or circumstances in which global
warming would not be beneficial it would be considerably more feasible and
cost effective to implement local adaptations than attempt global mitigation which comes with no money - back guarantees should the entire (100 %)
world not play ball.
In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025
of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation
of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required
of it as a mater
of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable
costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation
of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire
world to limit
warming to 2 °C.
Therefore, the
cost of abating all
of the 0.15 C °
of warming that the IPCC predicted would occur between 2011 and 2020 by using measures as
cost - effective as Australia's carbon dioxide tax would be $ 309 trillion, 57.4 %
of global GDP to 2020, or $ 44,000 per head
of the
world's population.
A physicist is no more likely than a sociologist to know what human emissions will be 50 years from now — if a slight
warming would be beneficial or harmful to humans or the natural
world; if forcings and feedbacks will partly or completely offset the theoretical
warming; if natural variability will exceed any discernible human effect; if secondary effects on weather will lead to more extreme or more mild weather events; if efforts to reduce emissions will be successful; who should reduce emissions, by what amounts, or when; and whether the
costs of attempting to reduce emissions will exceed the benefits by an amount so large as to render the effort counterproductive.
The CO2 from fossil fuels used to produce most
of the electricity in Virginia contributes to global
warming, while the soaring
cost of energy undermines the global economy and contributes to hunger around the
world.
This is especially so in Australia, where the economic
costs on a carbon - intensive economy are high (our main comparative advantage is in energy, minerals and energy - intensive metals processing; we provide a high proportion
of world trade in such areas), and where any impact on eventual
warming will be negligible.
Global
Warming might decrease but people would die all over the planet unable to gain the benefits provided by the use
of fossil fuels (Mainly cheap power and low
cost transportation
of goods) and the results such a change would have on the
world's economy.
The American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS) released this year a report titled «What We Know» that shows that taking action now reduces both the
cost and the risks associated with our
warmed world.
«And with the country committed by Act
of Parliament to reducing CO2 by 80 per cent by 2050, a project that will
cost hundreds
of billions, the news that the
world has got no
warmer for the past 16 years comes as something
of a shock... the evidence is beginning to suggest that it may be happening much slower than the catastrophists have claimed — a conclusion with enormous policy implications.»
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This is precisely the same argument used by the global
warming fundamentalists whose delusions threaten to
cost the
world trillions
of dollars.
Resolving this dilemma must include a serious look at potential «winners and losers»
of a marginally
warmer world, as well as at the best available
cost / benefit analyses
of the specific proposals being made to» reshape our common future on a global scale» and their total
costs including the impacts
of all unintended consequences.
As global temperatures climb, so do the
costs of adapting to a
warmer world.
The total
cost of saving the
world (or at least, keeping
warming close to 2 degrees Fahrenheit) would be about $ 4 trillion, only about 5 percent more that what we'd be spending anyway.
While most
cost - estimating has focused on GDPs, trade and other such figures, Larsen's work is different in that it gauges the effect
of climate change by adding up all the dollars
of adapting to a
warmer world, one bridge and one building at a time.
And with the country committed by Act
of Parliament to reducing CO2 by 80 per cent by 2050, a project that will
cost hundreds
of billions, the news that the
world has got no
warmer for the past 16 years comes as something
of a shock.
It's also important to point out why fossil fuel electricity is relatively cheap in the United States: The behind - the - scenes
costs of burning fuel that produces carbon dioxide and noxious pollutants — health care
costs, environmental cleanup, and the current and future expenses
of adapting to a
warmer world — are not included in the US electric bill.
The
costs of dealing with climate change are going to be enormous, as numerous climate economists have shown, and it would be much cheaper to mitigate its impacts than wait to grapple with adapting to a much
warmer, more volatile
world.
Sanguine types also differ in their beliefs about how the climate actually works and how big would be the
costs and benefits
of warming world.
Environmental groups say that the only way to deal with the effects
of global
warming is to make drastic cuts in carbon emissions — a project that will
cost the
world trillions (the Kyoto Protocol alone would
cost $ 180 billion annually).
Governments and central banks all over the
world are gradually
warming up to the idea
of leveraging the unique advantages offered by blockchain technology — low -
cost transactions permanently recorded in tamper - proof distributed ledgers...
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