Sentences with phrase «for fossil fuel demand»

This demonstrates that the direction of travel equates to a downside for fossil fuel demand.

Not exact matches

In a recent press release, CPUC stated that consumer cooperation would mean CPUC wouldn't have to rely on inefficient, expensive, and often fossil fuel — dependent peakers (or «last resort» power plants) to make up for the imbalance of supply and demand.

The clean energy industry's continued ability to cut costs and reduce the demand for fossil fuels is pivotal to its success in the coming years.

Besides, as some savvy environmentalists are arguing, trying to reduce GHG emissions by chocking fossil fuel supplies — rather than reducing demand for them — is tilting at windmills.)

Third, governments worldwide forged an historic climate agreement in Paris that will drive the global phase - out of fossil fuel generation over decades — and increase the demand for the technologies that can replace it.

Amid dwindling demand for fossil fuel - based energy sources, General Electric is trying to refocus and stabilize its power unit.

BC Chamber of Commerce massively promotes and supports these fossil fuel and energy projects, since they believe it enhances «business growth» in BC, and since it appears only money talks in this province, boycotting their membership is a first step in demanding those corporations take an ethical stand for the protection of BC on this matter.

Exhibit A is a price on carbon, a foundational policy that rewards clean innovation and curbs demand for fossil fuels.

In plain terms, we are choosing to penalize our own energy industry with severe financial measures, when other jurisdictions like the U.S. are slashing taxes and red tape, rejecting carbon taxes, and calling for expanded fossil fuel production due to growing global demand.

And most energy markets, regulatory frameworks and business models are still designed for fossil fuel generation, and remain ill - adapted to the special characteristics of renewables and energy demand reduction.

For over fifteen years, rapid Chinese growth and industrialization brought a tremendous amount of demand for fossil fuels and metals around the gloFor over fifteen years, rapid Chinese growth and industrialization brought a tremendous amount of demand for fossil fuels and metals around the glofor fossil fuels and metals around the globe.

This offers some hope for future generations who will have to consider carefully the means by which energy is supplied as fossil fuels begin to diminish but the demands for energy increase.

Mr Bambridge says this the plant indirectly reduces the brewery's carbon footprint by reducing the brewery's demands on fossil fuels and the electricity needs for wastewater treatment by using energy - friendly anaerobic pre-treatment technology in which GWE is a world leader.

Howie Hawkins Is Running for Governor to «Demand More» Wants NY to Commit to 100 % Clean Energy by 2030, Halt Fossil Fuels, Jobs Urges Increase in State Revenue Sharing to Lower Property Tax

General Electric Company has announced it will cut 12,000 jobs in its power division, blaming falling demand for coal and other fossil fuels.

Hawkins said he will give voice to the next demand of the grassroots movement that fought for the ban on fracking, which is a ban on all new fossil fuel infrastructure in the state.

But batteries for grid storage will have to be very cheap to compete with fossil fuels as an on - demand energy source.

At the same time, many nations are grappling with how to reduce energy demand, especially demand for fossil fuels.

Walter sees the benefits of using methane as an energy source as twofold: «Not only does it prevent a potent greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere by converting it to weaker greenhouse gases — water vapor and carbon dioxide — but using it on - site would also reduce the demand for other fossil - fuel sources.»

The church is calling for people to change their personal habits related to fossil fuels and demand action from their public officials.

The recent boom in new methods for fossil fuel extraction is adding to the demand for petroleum scientists.

While the U.S. boom in shale gas helped push the fossil fuel's share of total global energy consumption from 23.8 to 23.9 percent, coal also increased its share, from 29.7 to 29.9 percent, as demand for coal - fired electricity remained strong across much of the developing world, including China and India, and parts of Europe.

«If McDonald's delivers, the new measures could eliminate lots of fossil fuel - derived plastic, boost demand for sustainably certified paper sources, and create additional market demand for recycled - content materials.»

Plus, these renewable energy projects offer options that will decrease our demand for fossil fuels and otherwise would likely not happen without these kinds of investments.»

The increasing demand from India, the world's second most populous country, is expected to be greater than China's for steel and fossil fuels.

In an interview at The Times last week, Fox said his focus on human - driven climate change emerged as he grappled, after that small fracking success, with the unrelenting demand for fossil fuels and emerging impacts of warming temperatures, made emblematic by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Just consider the case where demand for fossil fuels is completely inelastic.

Feed - in tariffs on fossil energy imports to the United States would surely end up reducing demand for fossil fuels as more and more renewable capacity became available — which is exactly what you would want to see happen if you are serious about slowing the rate of global warming.

Fossil fuel prices, especially for oil, will continue upward because of increased demand and the difficulty in meeting that demand.

Our fossil fuel demand will probably stabilize or decrease for each unit of economic production.

I think that your expectation about demands for compensation for «premature» retirements of fossil - fueled generation capacity is probably correct.

The task of simply substituting for fossil fuels on a 1:1 energy replacement basis will be much too difficult, e.g. not enough roof area for solar panels at current electricity demand, but delivering a set of services that require lower energy makes a solar building practical.

Time for a «Triple Play»: Reduce Oil Prices and Dependence on Fossil Fuels, while Meeting the Growing Demand for Electric Power

Edward Greisch@178, Fossil fuels are cheap and demand no advanced technology for exploitation.

But doesn't a forecast tripling of demand for fossil fuels give any of that group pause?

(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.

There are many things that «average citizens» can do to reduce our demand for fossil fuels — most of which will also save us money and improve our health and quality of life.

We end up with an endless stream of electricity sufficient to power the world's growing energy demand, with no need for any more fossil fuels.

And there will be intensifying demands for billions to flow from industrialized countries that spent decades building wealth burning fossil fuels to poor, vulnerable ones.

The goal of climate policy should be to reduce demand for fossil fuels and if we do that the oil sands will become superfluous.

Furthermore, if you are talking about a 70 % reduction in CO2 emissions over 1990 levels (a reasonable target, but I do look forward to seeing the new IPCC outcomes for different emissions scenarios) then you can still use fossil fuels to meet that 30 % demand.

McKibben's enemy, of course, is the outsize influence on policy exerted by the array of companies extracting fossil fuels from the Earth to satisfy the growing global demand for energy.

But if you use a cap instead, won't «the market» push prices to that same unpalatably high level, because of that same insatiable demand for fossil fuels?

Continued strong demand for all fossil fuels seems a certainty at this time, even taking into account stronger policies to mitigate global warming risks, though sustained high prices may slow growth slightly.

But even a limited agreement to restrain the burning of fossil fuels could undermine confidence in the oil industry's projections for sustained demand growth.

[1] «Indirect land use change» (ILUC) means that many biofuels harm the climate even more than the fossil fuels they replace — due to land use changes caused by the expansion of agriculture to meet the additional demand for crop - based biofuels.

«GDP goes up because the fee and dividend provides a boost to consumer spending, reducing demand for fossil fuels does not have a significant impact on American employment and reduces energy imports from abroad, and the border adjustment means American firms are on a level playing field when it comes to competing on the world market.»

As negotiators discuss the «rule book» for implementation of the Paris Agreement Friends of the Earth Europe will be demanding the urgent transformation of Europe's energy system away from fossil fuels.

Normally, CO2 emissions during the year are highest in the first quarter because of strong demand for heat produced by fossil fuels.

Investments that encourage the construction of new renewable resources will cut the demand for fossil fuel - based electricity, reducing air pollution and global warming emissions.