Sentences with phrase «energy crisis when»

Previously known as God Particle, it focusses on a group of scientists on a space station trying to solve the world's energy crisis when something goes terribly, terribly wrong.

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That's particularly good news when you consider the economic shadow cast on the solar energy industry during the global economic crisis.

(8) Experiencing the energy of hope for change when we are traumatized by crises, provides the power that is essential for mobilizing our inner

His observations remind me of what I've witnessed so often when offering pastoral support to people facing minor, drip - drip troubles versus the great crises that bring larger energies into play.

Energy was at the centre of the 2006 G8 when the Russian - Ukrainian gas crisis hit Europe and oil prices reached $ 50 per barrel for the first time (a threshold now long forgotten, in 2012 the average price is stood at about $ 112 per barrel).

But, what has impressed me most of all is Richard Becker's resourcefulness and creativity evidenced by his role while a member of the Cortlandt Town Board in bringing about the innovative Cortlandt Heating Oil Plan (CHOP), which at the height of the economic crisis provided both heating oil discounts as well as conservation tips and energy audits to help local residents afford to heat their homes at a time when many were risking their health by living in homes that were too cold because they couldn't afford the high cost of heating oil.

Incompetence is when a government sleeps on the job and waits until there is energy crisis in 2006 before waking up to start thinking about adding to the nation's power pool.

In a brief assessment of the health of the economy while addressing staff and students of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) in Sunyani yesterday, he said: «The economy is healthy, and so when somebody says the economy is in crisis, we don't see where the crisis is coming from.»

«When they tried to fix prices in California it resulted in an electricity crisis and widespread blackouts,» energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey said.

Government has been criticized for spending such colossal amount on re-branding buses, at a time when the country is facing a difficult energy crisis among other challenges.

In addition to criminalizing personal drug use, cannabis prohibition deprives society of the industrial benefits of hemp at a time when we must make use of every ecologically responsible resource to provide materials and energy in the face of looming environmental crises,» said Hawkins, who is seeking the Green Party nomination for Governor.

Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, highlighted the critical role the Volta River Authority (VRA) played in the 2015 agreement with AMERI, for the provision of a 250 MW power plant in the heat of the country's power crisis, when he appeared before Parliament's Mines and Energy Committee on Friday.

The professor began studying environmental behavior in the 1980s, when the 1970s» energy crisis loomed large in the public memory.

Before the mortgage crisis, when loans were easier to come by and energy was relatively cheap, energy - efficient mortgages weren't very enticing, experts say, and lenders didn't bother with them.

Consequently, much of our technology dates back to the 1970s, when the oil crisis spurred an interest in geothermal energy.

Effective, resilient school leaders learn to nurture positive energy in themselves and others when they face a crisis.

Another thing I remember is being the student representative to the school board for two years 1977 - 1979, when our district in Brookfield, Wisconsin decided to do a wide number of capital improvements in order to save energy, at the peak of the «energy crisis.»

SemGroup's financial difficulties were disclosed by its publicly traded affiliate SemGroup Energy Partners LP last week, when it warned that a liquidity crisis at its parent could lead to bankruptcy.

First adopted in the 1930s, when the country was in the throes of the Great Depression, the four - day school week saw a resurgence during the energy crisis of the 1970s.

«Where to find the energy to engage with a culture in crisis when the crisis consists in the impossibility of engaging with the culture?»

On Tuesday, the final day of the Heartland Institute's conference examining whether global warming was ever a crisis, there was a fascinating moment in one session when the discussion shifted from questioning warming to assessing humanity's limited energy choices.

The piece falls into the partisan trap of painting all opponents in one color when in fact there are conservatives who care about science and energy, even some (Charles Krauthammer comes to mind) who — while challenging the portrayal of global warming as a real - time crisis — see the value in a high tax on gasoline, swapped for lower taxes elsewhere.

The answer is that although the DOE was set up in the 1970s to respond to the energy crisis, it never received any real funding to look into renewables (not even when the Democrats owned the Congress and Carter was President), and it was quickly converted into the center of the U.S. military / civilian nuclear program.

In those discussions, one thing has become abundantly clear: when you connect the dots, it turns out that the real solutions to the climate crisis are the very same measures needed to renew our economy and escape the trap of ever - rising energy prices.

A focus on resources to cope with crises and support for sustainable energy is consistent with both planning for immediate needs, and the energy independence and diversification goals of the current administration; but don't pretend for one minute that the military is not discussing mitigation, when everyone can see that they are.

Capitalism since its birth, as Paul Sweezy wrote in «Capitalism and the Environment,» has been «a juggernaut driven by the concentrated energy of individuals and small groups single - mindedly pursuing their own interests, checked only by their mutual competition, and controlled in the short run by the impersonal forces of the market and in the longer run, when the market fails, by devastating crises.»

Today's enthusiasm for green architecture has its origins in the energy crisis of the 1970s, when architects began to question the wisdom of building enclosed glass - and - steel boxes that required massive heating and cooling systems.

Passive House reliably delivers up to approximately a 90 % reduction in heating and cooling demand and up to a 75 % reduction in overall primary energy demand when compared to our existing building stock — meant to aggressively meet the climate crisis carbon reduction imperative while making a more comfortable, healthy and affordable built environment.View

Late last year, to their national embarrassment, the Germans had to be bailed out of a small energy crisis by Poland when the wind failed to blow for several days and a thick fog surrounded many parts of Germany, driving the output from renewables to just 4 percent of total demand.

I believe that it is not a matter of if we will see another energy crisis or price hike, but rather when it will happen.

No one is actually «in control» to move any of the levers that are well and truly welded in place since the 1970s when the world changed by ignoring the «energy crisis» knocking on their doors then.

Shiny Cars and Solar Panels Get More Attention In much the same way, when it comes to solving our energy crisis there is always more enthusiasm for renewable energy technologies, like wind and solar, than there is for energy efficiency.

The root of the current financial crisis, I believe, is when Nancy Pelosi turned off the cameras and went home this summer, without passing an energy bill that allows for new domestic oil production.

This would not only match the urgency of the climate crisis, but also give confidence for the energy industry when planning investments,» Mr Kowalzig added.

«Never waste a good crisis... Don't waste it when it can have a very positive impact on climate change and energy security,» she said.