Sentences with phrase «dramatic changes in costs»

When we say breakthrough we are talking about dramatic changes in the costs in the technologies we already have.

The dramatic changes in costs would have outsized impacts on union membership and power.

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Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

This suggests that storing carbon in forests, agricultural areas, and other ecosystems is an important and cost - effective part of a bigger carbon dioxide emissions control strategy that includes dramatic changes to the global energy system.

But here's a hypothetical for you though: Imagine for an instant that mainstream climate science is basically correct, and that the costs of climate change in future decades are large and dramatic.

But here's what's changed: the sharp cost reductions now beginning to take place in solar, wind, and geothermal power — coupled with the recent dramatic price increases for oil and coal — have radically changed the economics of energy.

Re-Publish.com Wind power could supply as much as 20 percent of the world's total electricity by 2030 due to dramatic cost reductions and pledges to curb climate change, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a report released in Beijing on Tuesday.

Business Times Wind power could supply as much as 20 per cent of the world's total electricity by 2030 due to dramatic cost reductions and pledges to curb climate change, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a report released in Beijing on Tuesday.

Reuters Wind power could supply as much as 20 percent of the world's total electricity by 2030 due to dramatic cost reductions and pledges to curb climate change, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a report released in Beijing on Tuesday.

The Himalayan Times Wind power could supply as much as 20 percent of the world's total electricity by 2030 due to dramatic cost reductions and pledges to curb climate change, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a report released in Beijing on Tuesday.

Eco News The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a report released in Beijing that wind power could supply as much as 20 per cent of the world's total electricity by 2030 due to dramatic cost reductions and pledges to curb climate change.

Choice 1: How much money do we want to spend today on reducing carbon dioxide emission without having a reasonable idea of: a) how much climate will change under business as usual, b) what the impacts of those changes will be, c) the cost of those impacts, d) how much it will cost to significantly change the future, e) whether that cost will exceed the benefits of reducing climate change, f) whether we can trust the scientists charged with developing answers to these questions, who have abandoned the ethic of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, with all the doubts, caveats, ifs, ands and buts; and who instead seek lots of publicity by telling scary stories, making simplified dramatic statements and making little mention of their doubts, g) whether other countries will negate our efforts, h) the meaning of the word hubris, when we think we are wise enough to predict what society will need a half - century or more in the future?

But back to the main story — the dramatic change in the political reception given in Washington to this cost - effective approach to environmental protection.

I believe that this has not changed very much despite dramatic falls in the cost of the solar cells themselves, because the cost of the solar cells are but a small fraction of the total installation costs.

«For many, these changes are hitting hard, and the businesses may not be able to raise prices or otherwise absorb the dramatic increase in labour costs.

This dramatic change in the practice of medicine brings with it important prospects for the improvement of the quality of care and reducing the cost of that care.

Due to this dramatic change in the scenario, insurers were forced to offer Ulips which were low on cost and high on returns (since majority premium was invested in markets) to the consumers through an alternate means of distribution, ie, online.