Sentences with phrase «efficient fossil fuel sources»

One of my worst fears is that the industrial world will turn to less efficient fossil fuel sources to maintain current levels of economic activity resulting in an accelerated release of CO2.

One of my worst fears is that the industrial world will turn to less efficient fossil fuel sources to maintain current levels of economic activity resulting in an accelerated release of CO2.

Not exact matches

The transition to an ecologically sustainable society requires reduced consumption of goods, the efficient recycling of materials, a move away from the use of fossil fuels to the use of renewable sources of energy, zero global population growth, a reduced standard of living for the rich, an increased standard of living for the poor and an appeal to quality of life instead of materialism.

The approval of the natural gas - fired plant came at a time when the administration was generally attempting to move away from fossil fuel generation and toward renewable energy generation, per its Reforming Energy Vision, which seeks to make the energy grid more reliant on renewable sources and more efficient.

The Council of the American Physical Society believes that the use of renewable energy sources, the adoption of new ways of producing and using fossil fuels, increased consideration of safe and cost effective uses of nuclear power, and the introduction of energy - efficient technologies can, over time, promote the United States» energy security and reduce stress on the world's environment.

I'm all for finding a new source of energy rather than fossil fuels (unfortunately our enemies have most of it, and what we have the environmental lobby blocks from being accessed) for security and economic reasons, but until the market proves that $ 100 + per barrel of oil is not efficient enough to switch, I'm not for the government putting a gun to our heads and forcing us to change.

Instead, a «pre-pay» carbon policy would let the market decide whether it is more economically efficient to transition to non-fossil sources of energy or to pay for removal credits needed to continue using fossil fuels.

When the fossil fuel sources of these environmental impacts are made to pay the true cost of the pollution created, through mandated updated technological fixes such as improved and more efficient pollution control, limited coal sources, and other mediation devices, the true cost of coal will make other energy sources more viable.

We need to be investigating nonfossil fuel energy sources far more, really leaning in on finding more efficient uses of the fossil fuels we do have to use, and legislating ways of making sure there are incentives for people and companies to do so.

This mechanism is similar to a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), but allows for a broader set of qualified sources; not only renewables, but also nuclear power, fossil fuel power with carbon capture and storage (CCS), and — in principle — efficient natural gas.

The tax breaks would be more than enough to keep consumption high and energy would gradually shift to other sources and more efficient technology while supplying the developing world with more fossil fuel.

The failure of «cheap energy» is splitting Americans into two rival camps: one that is enthusiastic about needless subsidy of oil and gas and another that sees without fossil subsidies renewable sources and more fuel - efficient cars and trucks come out ahead in the Market.

(For fossil fuels, tax assessed preferably at the mine or well, to reduce paperwork and make enforcement efficient (as opposed to the exhaust pipe)-- but then a compensating credit for fossil C used in materials unlikely to be oxidized, etc, with compensating tariff / subsidy for trade between nations with differing policies; attempt at least approximate CO2eq tax for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RRB-.

While swapping out biomass cookstoves with more efficient ones, or with electric stoves powered by clean energy sources, improves indoor air quality for their users (an important issue unto itself), cleaning up fossil fuel burning really ought to be getting more effort.

And, I have yet to be convinced an electric vehicle that draws its energy from a fossil fuel source operating through a heat cycle converter is sufficiently more fossil fuel efficient than a gas - driven vehicle to make a significant difference on the scale of what is required.

The most water - efficient energy sources are natural gas (though we may be just about out of it) and synthetic fuels produced by coal gasification; the least efficient are ethanol and biodiesel — the biofuels just can't catch a break these days, can they?Water use winners and losers The research pair analyzed 11 types of energy sources, including coal, fuel ethanol, natural gas, and oil; and five power generating methods, including hydroelectric, fossil fuel thermoelectric, and nuclear methods; in terms of power generation, Younos and Hill have found that geothermal and hydroelectric energy types use the least amount of water, while nuclear plants use the most.

But most importantly, the Prius is just the beginning of a much longer transition away from fossil fuels and toward electrification, which is a more efficient way to do things, and allows the use of many clean and renewable source of energy for transportation (which is harder to do with the internal combustion engine).

Big energy players are now cutting their ties to non-renewable energy sources (oil, gas, coal, and fossil fuels) and are taking a 180 - degree turn to focus more on other means for renewable energy (such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and hydropower) that are highly sustainable, cost - efficient, and less damaging to the environment.