And, possibly the most telling argument,
decreasing fossil fuel use increases our national security.
What the world needs is not
decreased fossil fuel use but increased use with careful control of conventional pollutants using conventional controls where needed and justified.
-- Alan Caruba -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- «What the world needs is not
decreased fossil fuel use but increased use with careful control of conventional pollutants using conventional controls where needed and justified.
Not exact matches
On top of that, organic farming reduces non-renewable energy
use by
decreasing the need for chemicals, which require high quantities of
fossil fuel to be produced.
Keeling has documented a
decrease in oxygen levels that is due to
fossil -
fuel combustion, which
uses up oxygen and releases CO2.
The position paper on air pollution and cardiovascular disease was written by experts from the European Society of Cardiology and also recommends
decreasing the
use of
fossil fuels.
So there was a very sharp
decrease in
fossil -
fuel use, and the air improved enormously.
«Consequently, the [United States] is importing
decreasing amounts of these two
fossil fuels, while
using rising levels of its natural gas for power generation,» the report states.
The new study suggests that some of these current
uses will be affected over this century, depending on how much
fossil fuel emissions increase or
decrease.
A 2017 study in the American Meteorology Society's Journal of Climate found that if countries meet the overall goal of keeping warming below 2 degrees Celsius via the «maximum technically feasible» cuts in
fossil fuel use, the Arctic could see.84 degrees Celsius in warming by the middle of the century as sulfate
decreases.
Fossil fuel use is probably the largest source of methane [1], so if fossil fuel use begins to be phased down, there is good basis to anticipate that all three of these greenhouse gases could decrease, because of the approximate 10 - year lifetime of me
Fossil fuel use is probably the largest source of methane [1], so if
fossil fuel use begins to be phased down, there is good basis to anticipate that all three of these greenhouse gases could decrease, because of the approximate 10 - year lifetime of me
fossil fuel use begins to be phased down, there is good basis to anticipate that all three of these greenhouse gases could
decrease, because of the approximate 10 - year lifetime of methane.
Advocated that
decreasing our
use of
fossil fuels made sense whether it affects GW or not.
(1) increased demand for heating
fuels and electricity due to cooler winter and warmer summer conditions in 2007 than in 2006; (2) increased consumption of
fossil fuels to generate electricity; and (3) a significant
decrease (14.2 percent) in hydropower generation
used to meet this demand.
Coal was the only
fossil fuel decreasing in
use recently.
What we need to be careful of is thinking that a majority of our fellow humans agree with us on such crucial issues as the need to slow or even reverse population growth or the need to
decrease our
use of
fossil fuels.
Energy efficiency retrofits for homes have been identified as a key growth area for the U.S. economy, providing jobs for Americans while
decreasing fossil fuel energy
use.
Exponential atmospheric CO2 growth rate will most likely not increase beyond the recent ~ 0.5 % per year, when population growth rate is expected to
decrease to less than one - third of the recent past rate, even if per capita
use of
fossil fuels increases by 50 % by 2100.
These assume a continuation of the past exponential growth rate of atmospheric CO2 of around 0.5 % per year despite a dramatic
decrease of the population growth rate to less than one - third of the past rate so, even if the world per capita
fossil -
fuel based energy
use increases by 50 %, these are most likely «upper limits» themselves.
A clue to the author's motivation comes on the first page of the article, where he writes, «The switch of world powers first to
decreasing the
use of
fossil fuel and then to carbon - free energy within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol may lead to economic collapse for Russia as a consequence of the reduction and, probably, even loss of the possibility to sell oil and natural gas on the world market.»
Reducing
fossil fuel use has many additional benefits including reducing air pollution (and greenhouse gases) and
decreasing the environmental impacts associated with
fossil fuel production and
use.
This means that total CO2 emissions are likely to be similar as in 2015, with the increase in
fossil fuel emissions being offset by the
decrease in land -
use emissions.
The measured
decrease of d13C is only 1 / 3rd of what is expected from
fossil fuel use.
Increased recovery of these materials into
fuel could significantly reduce the nation's dependence on landfill disposal while also
decreasing the
use of
fossil or other types of conventional
fuels.»
GM has
decreased its manufacturing emissions by 60 percent since 1990, recycles 90 percent of its manufacturing waste, has made reductions in water and
fossil fuel use, and invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build
fuel - efficient vehicles like the Chevy Volt.
However, according to James «coal death train» Hansen, the airborne fraction [AF] of CO2 man - made emissions has sharply
decreased post-2000, due to «a surge of
fossil fuel use, mainly coal»!
The former secretary of state's clean energy pitch comes at a time where many Democrats are focused on climate change, particularly the need to
decrease the
use of
fossil fuels.
«This study shows the impact all of us are having on the environment and that our
use of
fossil fuels isn't only causing climate to change, but also affects the oceans by
decreasing the pH,» said Ryan Woosley, of the University of Miami, one of the authors.
Fossil fuel use is probably the largest source of methane [1], so if fossil fuel use begins to be phased down, there is good basis to anticipate that all three of these greenhouse gases could decrease, because of the approximate 10 - year lifetime of me
Fossil fuel use is probably the largest source of methane [1], so if
fossil fuel use begins to be phased down, there is good basis to anticipate that all three of these greenhouse gases could decrease, because of the approximate 10 - year lifetime of me
fossil fuel use begins to be phased down, there is good basis to anticipate that all three of these greenhouse gases could
decrease, because of the approximate 10 - year lifetime of methane.
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 country's decarbonisation drive has strengthened as the economy and renewable energy
use have continued to grow, while
fossil fuel use has
decreased.
The CIC is thus the enemy of economic progress by attempting to
decrease use of
fossil fuels, the critical input to improved living standards in recent centuries.
Such income redistribution would
decrease the economic welfare of the developed countries and would have an uncertain effect on the recipient countries since they would presumably be asked to give up part or all of their aspirations for further development since it is strongly dependent on increased
use of
fossil fuels to increase human productivity.
This drastic change in how the city produces and
uses energy has resulted in greatly reduced dependence on
fossil fuels and a significant
decrease in carbon emissions.
In contrast, the
fossil fuel use per unit of GDP
decreased steadily, driven primarily by greater energy efficiency and structural change (e.g. lower primary energy consumption per unit GDP).
Higher prices for
fossil fuel generated electricity
decrease its
use and increase the development of green energy.
From 2010 to 2011, CO2 emissions from
fossil fuel combustion
decreased by 2.5 % due to: (1) a
decrease in coal consumption, with increased natural gas consumption and a significant increase in hydropower
used; (2) a
decrease in transportation - related energy consumption due to higher
fuel costs, improvements in
fuel efficiency, and a reduction in miles travelled; and (3) relatively mild winter conditions resulting in an overall
decrease in energy demand in most sectors.
When biofuel crops are grown in appropriate places and under sustainable conditions, they offer a host of benefits: reduced
fossil fuel use; diversified
fuel supplies; increased employment;
decreased greenhouse gas emissions; enhanced habitat for wildlife; improved soil and water quality; and more stable global land
use, thereby reducing pressure to clear new land.
If a civilization
uses fossil fuels, the climate change they trigger can lead to a large
decrease in ocean oxygen levels.
This means that the CO2 from the
fossil fuel plant is at least
used twice thereby
decreasing the net impact of the CO2 released
Please explain what the specific components and reasonable timing is for your rapid 95 %
decrease in
fossil fuel use that is needed to avoid disaster.